A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 8 Mar '24
Overextend
Tue, 23 May '23
Civic duty, of a sort
Sun, 11 Sep '22
Burden
Fri, 22 Jul '22
Line on a receipt
Wed, 9 Mar '22
Dodgers might not pay it
Mon, 27 Dec '21
Line on a sales receipt
Sun, 25 Jul '21
Duty
Fri, 18 Jun '21
Put a strain on
Mon, 18 Jan '21
Receipt line just above the total