A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

FEW

Sun, 21 Apr '24
Limited number
Mon, 29 Jan '24
Hardly any
Sun, 24 Dec '23
Two or three
Tue, 19 Dec '23
Not a lot
Wed, 29 Nov '23
"Select" or "chosen" quantity
Wed, 26 Jul '23
Not many
Mon, 8 May '23
Not very many
Tue, 4 Apr '23
___ and far between
Tue, 26 Apr '22
Hardly any
Fri, 11 Mar '22
Smattering
Fri, 31 Dec '21
Sprinkling
Wed, 15 Sep '21
Not many
Fri, 16 Apr '21
Quantity that sounds like an expression of relief
Wed, 30 Dec '20
Adjective in a U.S. Marines ad