A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EONS

Sat, 28 Jun '25
Metaphor for a tedious tract of time
Mon, 23 Jun '25
Quite a long time
Wed, 21 May '25
Many ages
Fri, 18 Apr '25
Time on end
Tue, 21 Jan '25
So, so, so long
Sun, 5 Jan '25
Many, many moons
Thu, 22 Aug '24
Quite some time
Sat, 22 Jun '24
An eternity
Tue, 30 Jan '24
Galactic time spans
Tue, 25 Oct '22
Periods longer than eras
Mon, 19 Sep '22
Forever and a day, say
Wed, 22 Jun '22
Long stretches
Sun, 12 Jun '22
Seemingly forever
Sun, 9 Jan '22
Many, many, many moons
Mon, 27 Dec '21
Like, forever!
Sat, 30 Oct '21
A long, long time
Tue, 7 Sep '21
Seemingly forever
Sun, 15 Aug '21
Long runs?
Fri, 9 Jul '21
Millennia