A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SLEPT

Mon, 20 May '24
Caught some z's
Sun, 14 Apr '24
Conked out
Fri, 5 May '23
Had dreams, presumably
Sun, 9 Apr '23
Was out
Tue, 15 Nov '22
Got some shut-eye
Mon, 6 Sep '21
Got some shut-eye