A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CHI

Sat, 3 May '25
Home of the White Sox, for short
Fri, 2 May '25
X
Thu, 13 Mar '25
Vital force in Taoism
Thu, 13 Feb '25
Life force principle, in feng shui
Thu, 26 Dec '24
Life force
Tue, 10 Dec '24
Third-to-last Greek letter
Sun, 3 Mar '24
X
Fri, 1 Mar '24
Feng shui energy
Sat, 28 Oct '23
"___-Raq" (2015 Spike Lee film)
Sun, 1 Oct '23
Midwest metropolis: Abbr.
Tue, 25 Jul '23
City with two M.L.B. teams
Fri, 12 May '23
Letter after phi
Wed, 12 Apr '23
Life energy
Wed, 15 Feb '23
Letter after phi
Sun, 1 Jan '23
Home of more than one M.L.B. team
Thu, 29 Dec '22
X
Tue, 6 Dec '22
Letter before psi
Mon, 5 Dec '22
X, to Greeks
Sun, 20 Nov '22
X
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Ho ___ Minh
Wed, 14 Sep '22
Midwestern metropolis, informally
Sun, 4 Sep '22
X
Thu, 21 Jul '22
N.L. Central team, on scoreboards
Mon, 28 Feb '22
Ho ___ Minh City
Tue, 8 Feb '22
___-Town (Windy City)
Fri, 25 Jun '21
X
Sun, 9 May '21
X
Tue, 27 Apr '21
Second letter before omega
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Life force, in China
Wed, 20 Jan '21
___-Town (Midwest hub)