A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ORANGE

Mon, 30 May '22
Fruit with the name of its color
Fri, 11 Mar '22
Like a screwdriver
Sun, 27 Jun '21
Southern California county
Sun, 13 Jun '21
"Very high," on a fire danger scale
Thu, 1 Apr '21
Like Tennessee Avenue and New York Avenue, on a Monopoly board
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Like monarch butterflies