A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OCEAN

Mon, 17 Jun '24
Place for barnacles and barracudas
Thu, 7 Mar '24
"___ of wisdom" ("Dalai Lama," in translation)
Sat, 18 Nov '23
Charybdis' milieu
Tue, 25 Jul '23
It goes from coast to coast
Mon, 17 Jul '23
Atlantic or Pacific
Tue, 25 Apr '23
Terrain of which less than 10% has been mapped
Wed, 18 Jan '23
Feature of Jupiter's moon Europa
Tue, 27 Sep '22
See 9-Down
Mon, 26 Sep '22
Rhode Island, the ___ State
Fri, 23 Sep '22
Setting for "Life of Pi"
Thu, 21 Jul '22
Continental divide?
Wed, 8 Sep '21
Body resting in bed?
Mon, 9 Aug '21
Atlantic or Pacific
Tue, 27 Jul '21
View from a beach resort
Fri, 4 Jun '21
What's always found in bed?
Mon, 24 May '21
Roughly 71% of the earth's surface