A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SECT

Fri, 19 Jan '24
Breakout group?
Wed, 25 Oct '23
Splinter group
Sun, 8 Oct '23
Side splitting?
Sat, 7 Oct '23
Certain offshoot
Fri, 9 Jun '23
Result of a split decision?
Tue, 23 May '23
Religious offshoot
Tue, 13 Sep '22
Religious offshoot
Sat, 18 Jun '22
Dissenting group
Thu, 5 May '22
They seem to believe otherwise
Thu, 21 Apr '22
Result of a rift
Sun, 30 Jan '22
Splinter group
Sat, 22 Jan '22
Smallish branch
Fri, 2 Jul '21
Theravada or Mahayana vis-à-vis Buddhism
Sat, 29 May '21
Ones who've split
Sun, 9 May '21
It's broken off
Thu, 22 Apr '21
Order, of a sort
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Shakers or Quakers
Mon, 1 Mar '21
Sunni or Shia, in Islam