A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COMMA

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?