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DEBT - Convertible Senior Notes due in 2026 Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2021 USD ($) trading_day $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
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Deferred taxes		$ 130,571,000			$ 92,904,000
Payment for bonds hedge		286,235,000	$ 89,056,000
Proceeds from sale of warrants		220,800,000	$ 71,552,000
Convertible Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
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Debt instrument face amount	$ 575,000,000.0			$ 57,500,000
Interest rate	0.00%
Proceeds from convertible debt	$ 623,000,000.0
Conversion ratio	0.0032523
Debt conversion price (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 307.47
Convertible note, liability component	$ 509,000,000.0
Convertible note, equity component	123,500,000
Deferred taxes		40,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs	10,000,000.0
Unamortized debt issuance costs	8,000,000.0	$ 7,500,000
Debt issuance costs, allocated to capital	$ 2,000,000.0
Effective percentage rate		4.44%
Unamortized discount		$ 116,100,000
Remaining discount amortization period		4 years 8 months 12 days
Conversion shares (in shares) \| shares	2.1
Payment for bonds hedge	$ 124,600,000
Warrants issued, strike price (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 397.91
Proceeds from sale of warrants	$ 97,400,000
Convertible Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Discount rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Measurement input	0.0444
Period One \| Convertible Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold percentage	130.00%
Stock trigger price (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 399.71
Number of threshold trading days \| trading_day	20
Number of consecutive trading days \| trading_day	30
Measurement period percentage of stock price trigger	98.00%
Period Two \| Convertible Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
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Threshold percentage	100.00%
Number of consecutive trading days \| trading_day	5
Business day period after measurement period	5 days