A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ION

Mon, 30 Jun '25
Particle that's either positive or negative
Thu, 29 May '25
What's never free of charge
Tue, 27 May '25
Solar wind particle
Mon, 28 Apr '25
Charged particle
Sun, 13 Apr '25
H+ or OH-
Sun, 9 Mar '25
___ thruster (physics lab device)
Mon, 27 Jan '25
It comes with a charge
Sun, 29 Dec '24
Solar wind particle
Tue, 17 Sep '24
Particle in an electrolyte
Sun, 2 Jun '24
Solar wind particle
Wed, 24 Apr '24
Non-neutral entity?
Mon, 25 Mar '24
Charged particle
Sun, 18 Feb '24
Lithium-___ battery
Tue, 9 Jan '24
Plus-or-minus one?
Sun, 26 Nov '23
It's never free of charge
Sun, 6 Aug '23
Thu, 3 Aug '23
Bit of solar wind
Thu, 20 Apr '23
Tiny particle
Fri, 7 Apr '23
It comes with a small charge
Fri, 10 Mar '23
Salt component
Thu, 9 Mar '23
One component of solar wind
Sat, 18 Feb '23
___ gun (sci-fi weapon)
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Na+, for one
Sun, 16 Oct '22
F-, for one
Wed, 5 Oct '22
Charged particle
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Na+, for one
Mon, 29 Aug '22
Positive or negative particle
Sun, 14 Aug '22
Plasma particle
Sat, 4 Jun '22
+ or – something
Wed, 25 May '22
F-, for one
Sun, 22 May '22
It's written with a + or -
Thu, 24 Feb '22
Particle with a superscript
Sun, 20 Feb '22
Peroxide ___
Sun, 13 Feb '22
H+ or I-
Wed, 8 Dec '21
It comes with a charge
Sun, 18 Jul '21
Large Hadron Collider bit
Wed, 30 Jun '21
Minuscule particle
Sun, 20 Jun '21
___ cannon (sci-fi weapon)
Sun, 30 May '21
F-, e.g.
Wed, 5 May '21
Accelerator bit
Mon, 11 Jan '21
Charged particle
Thu, 7 Jan '21
What an electrolyte produces
Tue, 29 Dec '20
Particle in a particle accelerator