A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WAY

Sun, 14 Apr '24
Route
Fri, 29 Dec '23
Approach
Mon, 20 Mar '23
Method
Tue, 6 Dec '22
Custom
Sun, 10 Jul '22
Very, colloquially
Sat, 18 Sep '21
Custom
Tue, 12 Jan '21
"No ___!" (or its response)