A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MIL

Tue, 3 Sep '24
$1,000,000, casually
Sun, 7 Jul '24
"Cool" amt.
Wed, 3 Apr '24
1,000 G's
Tue, 14 Feb '23
"Cool" sum
Sun, 29 Jan '23
Lotta money
Mon, 5 Dec '22
Thousand G's
Mon, 10 Oct '22
End of a soldier's email address
Wed, 2 Mar '22
"Cool" amount of cash
Thu, 28 Oct '21
Ending for some government 37-Across
Fri, 25 Jun '21
"Thanks a ___!"
Sat, 6 Feb '21
Big jackpot, for short