A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EXILE

Mon, 10 Jun '24
Banish
Tue, 14 Nov '23
Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu, after 1975
Fri, 10 Feb '23
What no monarch wants to be
Mon, 1 Aug '22
Banish, as from a country
Fri, 23 Jul '21
Once you're forced into this, there's no going back