A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

IVORY

Sun, 1 Jun '25
Warm shade of white
Mon, 1 May '23
Soap that's said to be "99 44/100% pure"
Tue, 4 Apr '23
Word before Coast or tower
Sat, 1 Oct '22
___ tower
Tue, 25 Jan '22
Highbrow tower material?