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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Failure To Comply With Other Agreements, Period After Notice

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Failure To Comply With Reporting Obligations, Period After Notice

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Aggregate Payment Defaults And Accelerations

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Outstanding Judgements

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Outstanding Judgements, Payment Period

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Threshold Percentage Of Principle

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, excluding unamortized premium (discount) and debt issuance cost, of long-term debt. Excludes lease obligation.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Debt Senior Unsecured Notes (Details Textual) (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2018	Dec. 31, 2022	Apr. 30, 2022	Apr. 29, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings under Credit Agreement		$ 0			$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 775,000,000
Third Amended Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			775,000,000	$ 700,000,000
Third Amended Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 100,000,000		$ 50,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 699,200,000
Unsecured Debt \| 2026 Notes Offering
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		5.875%
Unsecured Debt \| Additional 2026 Notes \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold percentage of principle	25.00%
Default period	30 days
Period after notice to comply	180 days
Period after notice to comply with other agreements	60 days
Maximum aggregate payment defaults and accelerations	$ 50,000,000
Maximum outstanding judgments	$ 50,000,000
Maximum outstanding judgements, payment period	60 days