A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ESC

Tue, 16 Apr '24
Window-closing key
Sun, 14 Jan '24
Keyboard corner key
Sun, 26 Nov '23
Upper-left keyboard key
Mon, 13 Nov '23
"Exit" key
Thu, 9 Nov '23
Keyboard key not found on smartphones
Fri, 6 Oct '23
Keyboard abbr.
Thu, 5 Oct '23
F1 neighbor
Wed, 27 Sep '23
"Cancel" on a keyboard
Fri, 28 Apr '23
High key
Sat, 11 Mar '23
It's northwest of 1
Sat, 14 Jan '23
Key in a corner
Wed, 21 Dec '22
Key for getting out, not in
Thu, 6 Oct '22
Key used for exiting
Mon, 29 Aug '22
Top-left keyboard key
Wed, 6 Jul '22
Key that works to exit but not enter
Fri, 17 Jun '22
Key that closes a window
Thu, 16 Jun '22
Bailout button
Tue, 7 Jun '22
"Get out" key
Sun, 22 May '22
Alt-___, PC command to switch between windows
Tue, 29 Mar '22
"Emergency" keyboard key
Thu, 10 Feb '22
Key to a quick exit?
Tue, 4 Jan '22
Upper-left keyboard button
Sun, 10 Oct '21
Panic button, of a sort
Sun, 3 Oct '21
Key for getting out, not in
Wed, 4 Aug '21
Help button
Wed, 23 Jun '21
"Exit" key
Tue, 15 Jun '21
Key above a tilde
Thu, 22 Apr '21
It quits when it gets depressed
Sun, 18 Apr '21
Key used to get out, but not in
Wed, 10 Feb '21
Key that exits full-screen video