A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ATREST

Fri, 21 Nov '25
Settled down
Sat, 2 Dec '23
Still
Wed, 8 Nov '23
Exhibiting Newton's first law, say
Sat, 20 May '23
Relaxed
Wed, 13 Oct '21
Stationary
Fri, 1 Jan '21
Still