A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OPTED

Wed, 24 Jan '24
Made a choice
Wed, 10 Jan '24
Chose a course
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Got off the fence
Fri, 9 Dec '22
Decided
Thu, 4 Aug '22
Chose
Sun, 5 Jun '22
Chose
Fri, 9 Jul '21
Went (for)
Wed, 24 Feb '21
Made a decision