A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

STEP

Sun, 30 Mar '25
You might be told to watch yours
Thu, 26 Dec '24
Prefix with any family member
Sun, 22 Dec '24
Out of ___
Sun, 3 Nov '24
Protocol part
Sun, 1 Sep '24
Accelerate, with "up"
Fri, 28 Jun '24
Word that can precede or follow "dance"
Wed, 19 Jun '24
"No ___" (airplane wing warning)
Tue, 11 Jun '24
Pedometer unit
Sun, 7 Jan '24
Part of a process
Tue, 5 Dec '23
Staircase part
Sat, 18 Nov '23
Recipe part
Wed, 8 Nov '23
"Pierce film with fork" might be the first one
Thu, 2 Nov '23
Resign, with "down"
Sun, 1 Oct '23
Part of a dance
Wed, 9 Aug '23
Dance Dance Revolution move
Sat, 5 Aug '23
Flight unit
Sun, 21 May '23
"___ it up!"
Sat, 18 Mar '23
Flight component
Thu, 22 Dec '22
Pedometer unit
Sun, 2 Oct '22
Part of a how-to manual
Sat, 7 May '22
Family prefix
Fri, 29 Apr '22
Repeated cry in aerobics
Wed, 2 Mar '22
Dance element
Thu, 17 Feb '22
Put one's foot down
Tue, 1 Feb '22
Bit of a dance
Mon, 11 Oct '21
Any rung on a ladder
Wed, 7 Jul '21
Algorithm part
Fri, 4 Jun '21
Manual part
Sat, 24 Apr '21
Bit recorded on a Fitbit
Mon, 12 Apr '21
Ladder rung
Wed, 24 Feb '21
Part of a wikiHow article
Mon, 15 Feb '21
Part of a stairway
Mon, 4 Jan '21
Part of an assembly instruction
Sun, 27 Dec '20
How-to manual component