A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AWOL

Thu, 20 Mar '25
Nowhere to be found, in a way
Wed, 12 Mar '25
Target of a military hunt
Tue, 28 Jan '25
Way off base?
Sun, 17 Nov '24
M.I.A.
Tue, 2 Jan '24
Missing
Wed, 15 Feb '23
Off-base, in a way
Wed, 21 Dec '22
Nowhere to be found
Tue, 15 Nov '22
Nowhere to be found, colloquially
Wed, 19 Oct '22
Nowhere to be found, say
Sun, 16 Oct '22
Missing
Tue, 17 May '22
Wanted, but nowhere to be found
Mon, 6 Dec '21
Someone sought by mil. police
Mon, 29 Nov '21
Soldier who deserted
Sun, 24 Oct '21
Missing
Thu, 2 Sep '21
Like someone receiving baseless accusations, maybe?
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Inexplicably missing, say
Thu, 14 Jan '21
Missing