A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CHAR

Thu, 8 Aug '24
Arctic food fish
Tue, 7 May '24
Burn slightly
Sun, 31 Mar '24
Burn a little
Fri, 22 Mar '24
Toast, say
Thu, 23 Nov '23
Grill past perfection, say
Thu, 9 Nov '23
Toast
Mon, 6 Nov '23
Leave too long on the grill, maybe
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