A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

APART

Sun, 6 Jul '25
Split up
Sun, 15 Jun '25
Besides, with "from"
Mon, 31 Mar '25
Not together
Mon, 21 Oct '24
In separate places
Fri, 7 Jun '24
Doing long-distance, say
Sun, 26 May '24
"Things Fall ___" (Chinua Achebe novel)
Wed, 10 Apr '24
In a bicoastal relationship, say
Thu, 22 Feb '24
Split up
Wed, 8 Nov '23
Not together
Sun, 16 Jul '23
Distant
Fri, 26 May '23
Detached
Wed, 14 Dec '22
Broken up
Tue, 20 Sep '22
Not together
Sun, 3 Jul '22
Into pieces
Sun, 24 Apr '22
Not connected