A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

APED

Fri, 18 Nov '22
Made like
Mon, 10 Oct '22
Crudely mimicked
Wed, 27 Jul '22
Imitated
Sat, 12 Mar '22
Mirrored
Fri, 25 Feb '22
Took off on
Thu, 29 Jul '21
Made an impression?