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affect

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UK /əˈfekt/US /əˈfekt/
verb

to produce a change in somebody/something

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And as he notes in his company's latest annual report, of the 452 goals that Amazon.com has set for itself this year, 360 of them will directly affect the customer experience.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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