A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OPTS

Fri, 11 Oct '24
Makes a pick
Thu, 12 Sep '24
Goes (for)
Wed, 31 Jul '24
Goes (for)
Mon, 11 Mar '24
Chooses
Sun, 10 Dec '23
Goes (for)
Sun, 29 Oct '23
Makes a decision
Mon, 19 Jun '23
Chooses (to)
Sun, 18 Jun '23
Goes (for)
Tue, 25 Apr '23
Decides
Sat, 8 Apr '23
Gets off the fence, so to speak
Tue, 28 Feb '23
Chooses
Fri, 20 Jan '23
Picks
Sun, 4 Dec '22
Goes (for)
Mon, 15 Aug '22
Makes a choice
Wed, 10 Aug '22
Chooses
Tue, 29 Mar '22
Makes a choice
Wed, 9 Mar '22
Stops waffling
Sun, 6 Mar '22
Makes a choice
Thu, 24 Jun '21
Picks
Thu, 15 Apr '21
Goes (for)
Thu, 28 Jan '21
Decides