A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CHAR

Sun, 16 Jul '23
More than singe
Fri, 2 Jun '23
Arctic food fish
Sun, 26 Feb '23
Blacken
Mon, 19 Dec '22
Scorch
Tue, 11 Oct '22
Burn slightly
Thu, 30 Jun '22
Burn a bit
Sun, 26 Jun '22
Burn a little
Thu, 2 Jun '22
Blacken
Fri, 14 Jan '22
Burn