A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MEAN

Sat, 22 Mar '25
Excellent, average or bad, depending on the context
Fri, 21 Feb '25
Suggest
Fri, 13 Dec '24
Statistics calculation
Sun, 24 Nov '24
Uncharitable
Wed, 3 Jul '24
Word after golden or before Girls
Fri, 3 May '24
Average
Mon, 23 Jan '23
5, for the set [2, 4, 6, 8]
Mon, 19 Sep '22
Signify
Sun, 12 Jun '22
Far from friendly
Wed, 1 Dec '21
Something to regress to
Tue, 6 Jul '21
Signify
Fri, 2 Jul '21
Average
Thu, 4 Feb '21
Average