outtake
noun
out·take
ˈau̇t-ˌtāk 
Examples of outtake in a Sentence
a collection of the band's old outtakes
Recent Examples on the Web
And now, for the outtakes About this story Design and development by Alexis Arnold.
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Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Both songs were outtakes from the long-festering sessions for the album Chinese Democracy, which finally arrived in 2008.
—Spin Staff, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
Strangest of all, the Southern toad’s warning vibration sounds like an outtake from an Aphex Twin record.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2023
The Lost Tapes 2 (2019) Nas’s first outtakes collection, 2002’s The Lost Tapes, is so revered that the sequel was about as anticipated as a proper album.
—Al Shipley, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
There aren’t demos and outtakes on this reissue, but there is this Party of Five live recording.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2023
The remake is accompanied by a new music video, compiled from unreleased outtakes from the song’s official video, which finds the singer practicing his dance moves on set and chilling in a hotel room amid edits of classic cartoons.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
So is quickly cobbling together an album out of unfinished outtakes from previous albums as an excuse to tour, and winding up with one of your best-selling releases.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
And where else can my kids go to dig up embarrassing Bill & Ted outtakes of their dad?
—Alex Winter, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
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Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Both songs were outtakes from the long-festering sessions for the album Chinese Democracy, which finally arrived in 2008.
—Spin Staff, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
Strangest of all, the Southern toad’s warning vibration sounds like an outtake from an Aphex Twin record.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2023
The Lost Tapes 2 (2019) Nas’s first outtakes collection, 2002’s The Lost Tapes, is so revered that the sequel was about as anticipated as a proper album.
—Al Shipley, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
There aren’t demos and outtakes on this reissue, but there is this Party of Five live recording.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2023
The remake is accompanied by a new music video, compiled from unreleased outtakes from the song’s official video, which finds the singer practicing his dance moves on set and chilling in a hotel room amid edits of classic cartoons.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
So is quickly cobbling together an album out of unfinished outtakes from previous albums as an excuse to tour, and winding up with one of your best-selling releases.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
And where else can my kids go to dig up embarrassing Bill & Ted outtakes of their dad?
—Alex Winter, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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