A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

FAIR

Mon, 12 Aug '24
One might have farm animals, fried food and a Ferris wheel
Sun, 28 Apr '24
Science exhibition
Thu, 1 Feb '24
Middling
Sun, 17 Dec '23
"Sounds reasonable"
Sat, 2 Sep '23
Susceptible to burning, in a way
Thu, 17 Nov '22
In play
Sun, 24 Jul '22
State ___
Fri, 9 Jul '21
"Not ___!"
Tue, 27 Apr '21
Word repeated in "What's ___ is ___"