A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COMMA

Tue, 24 Mar '26
Punctuation found in this clue, for example
Wed, 11 Mar '26
Clause separator
Thu, 10 Jul '25
Curve that gives one pause?
Fri, 25 Apr '25
Common component of a date
Mon, 2 Dec '24
Bit of punctuation
Tue, 15 Aug '23
Punctuation missing from "Let's eat Grandma"?
Wed, 6 Apr '22
Punctuation mark missing in "Let's eat people!" (at least one would hope!) ... as well as from the starred clues
Wed, 30 Mar '22
One in 1,000?