A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SORT

Sun, 29 Jun '25
Ilk
Sat, 24 May '25
Data command
Thu, 20 Mar '25
Word processing function … and a clue to the circled square in this row
Sun, 5 Jan '25
Compartmentalize
Fri, 20 Sep '24
Excel function
Sun, 19 May '24
Spreadsheet button
Thu, 7 Mar '24
Variety
Sun, 28 Jan '24
Spreadsheet command
Sat, 16 Dec '23
Figure (out)
Wed, 21 Jun '23
Type
Fri, 2 Dec '22
Arrange
Fri, 23 Sep '22
Alphabetize, e.g.
Sun, 3 Jul '22
Kind
Fri, 20 Aug '21
Excel command
Wed, 9 Jun '21
Ilk
Fri, 23 Apr '21
Put in an order
Sun, 21 Feb '21
Kind