A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DAM

Tue, 16 May '23
Reservoir producer
Mon, 20 Mar '23
What the fish said when it swam into a concrete wall, per an old joke
Sun, 8 Jan '23
Power project
Sat, 3 Dec '22
Block
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Hoover, for one
Thu, 22 Sep '22
The tallest one in the U.S. is California's Oroville
Sun, 1 May '22
Leave it to beavers
Fri, 30 Jul '21
Army Corps of Engineers project
Sun, 11 Jul '21
Something to leave to beavers?
Thu, 17 Jun '21
Locale for a salmon ladder
Wed, 16 Jun '21
Stop up
Thu, 11 Feb '21
It holds water