A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Mon, 4 Mar '24
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Mon, 5 Feb '24
Datum for a basketball point guard
Fri, 5 Jan '24
What an alley-oop is, essentially
Sun, 26 Nov '23
One of a record-setting 3,234 for Sue Bird
Thu, 29 Dec '22
World Cup datum
Tue, 8 Feb '22
Basketball datum