A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WROTE

Sun, 10 Nov '24
Took (down)
Thu, 10 Aug '23
Took down
Tue, 8 Aug '23
Got down on paper
Mon, 10 Apr '23
Jotted down
Sun, 28 Aug '22
See 10-Down
Mon, 1 Nov '21
Jotted down
Mon, 16 Aug '21
Put pen to paper