A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ABIT

Sat, 19 Oct '24
Kinda
Mon, 12 Aug '24
Ever so slightly
Thu, 20 Jun '24
Kind of
Fri, 7 Jun '24
Not much at all
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