A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ASIAN

Thu, 7 Mar '24
Like the fruits durian and mangosteen
Sun, 31 Dec '23
Like about 60% of the world's population
Mon, 18 Dec '23
Filipino or Laotian
Fri, 30 Dec '22
___ fusion
Mon, 3 Oct '22
Chinese or Lao
Tue, 6 Sep '22
Like some elephants and all tigers
Mon, 18 Jul '22
___ Americans (about 6% of the U.S. population)
Sun, 3 Jul '22
___ long-horned beetle
Sun, 22 May '22
Kind of pear that resembles an apple
Wed, 23 Feb '22
Like almost two-thirds of the earth's population
Mon, 1 Nov '21
Like Russia, east of the Urals
Fri, 30 Jul '21
Like sun bears and sloth bears
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Like pandas, yaks and snow leopards
Wed, 10 Mar '21
___-American (like about 6% of the U.S.)