A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RACE

Thu, 14 Nov '24
Election campaign
Sun, 18 Aug '24
Election year focus
Mon, 15 Jul '24
Marathon, e.g.
Fri, 3 May '24
Something ending in "K," perhaps
Mon, 2 Oct '23
Marathon, for one
Fri, 26 May '23
Run time?
Thu, 23 Mar '23
What hearts and horses might do
Wed, 4 Jan '23
Hightail it
Sun, 20 Nov '22
Zoom
Thu, 14 Jul '22
Go, go, go
Tue, 10 May '22
Marathon, e.g.
Thu, 17 Mar '22
___ to the bottom
Sun, 14 Nov '21
Candidate's focus
Mon, 2 Aug '21
10K or marathon
Wed, 7 Jul '21
See 38-Across
Sun, 11 Apr '21
See 30-Across
Wed, 10 Feb '21
Speed