Cost of repurchase of shares under share repurchase program.

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Number of shares repurchased under share repurchase program.

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Share repurchase program additional amount authorized to be repurchased.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3291-108585

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Equity - Share Repurchase Program - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	May 12, 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, authorized Amount					$ 150,000
Number of shares repurchased under share repurchase program		6.6
Cost of repurchase of shares			$ 79,080	$ 1,639
Cost of repurchase of shares under share repurchase program			$ 74,500
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, authorized Amount	$ 225,000
Share repurchase program, additional amount authorized to be repurchased	$ 75,000