A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

TASK

Tue, 29 Oct '24
Job
Sun, 20 Oct '24
Assignment
Thu, 10 Aug '23
Piece of work
Sat, 4 Mar '23
Big to-do?
Thu, 28 Apr '22
Item on a list
Wed, 13 Oct '21
Item on a list
Sun, 26 Sep '21
Piece of work
Wed, 18 Aug '21
Something to do
Fri, 9 Jul '21
Kind of force