A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ONAUTO

Thu, 22 Aug '24
Acting unconsciously
Fri, 24 Mar '23
Proceeding without thinking
Tue, 31 Jan '23
Not being manually operated
Sun, 15 Aug '21
Not thinking
Sat, 7 Aug '21
Running freely
Sun, 6 Jun '21
Just going through the motions