A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

KILO

Sun, 3 Aug '25
Drug-busting unit
Mon, 20 Jan '25
Unit of smuggled drugs
Mon, 23 Sep '24
The "k" in km
Sat, 10 Aug '24
Grand opening?
Tue, 9 Apr '24
European heavy weight?
Fri, 1 Mar '24
Shortening that omits "gram"
Mon, 9 Oct '23
K, in the NATO alphabet
Mon, 2 Oct '23
Letter between Juliett and Lima in the NATO alphabet
Sun, 22 Aug '21
Valuable load for a mule
Wed, 21 Apr '21
K, in the NATO alphabet