A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ABIT

Sun, 10 Mar '24
Slightly
Sat, 17 Feb '24
Not that much
Sat, 2 Dec '23
"Ish"
Sat, 28 Oct '23
Marginally
Sun, 8 Oct '23
Somewhat
Mon, 31 Jul '23
Not much
Sat, 3 Jun '23
Kinda
Sun, 21 May '23
Marginally
Fri, 10 Mar '23
Rather
Wed, 8 Mar '23
Somewhat
Thu, 9 Feb '23
Not very much
Sat, 21 Jan '23
Some
Thu, 29 Dec '22
Slightly
Wed, 3 Aug '22
Not much
Fri, 29 Jul '22
Some
Wed, 8 Jun '22
Somewhat
Sun, 5 Jun '22
Somewhat
Mon, 7 Feb '22
Somewhat
Sun, 9 Jan '22
Kinda
Fri, 13 Aug '21
___ much
Tue, 6 Jul '21
Not much
Fri, 2 Apr '21
Slightly
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Not much