Restructuring Activities - Components of Restructuring Charges (Details) (Parenthetical) - Realignment Plan - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Costs associated with planned facility closures	$ 1.0	$ 6.5
SubleaseIncome		2.1
Legal fees		0.6
Acceleration of depreciation of property and equipment		$ 0.6

The amount of expense provided in the period for legal costs incurred on or before the balance sheet date pertaining to resolved, pending or threatened litigation, including arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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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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- Definition

Amount of sublease income excluding finance and operating lease expense.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
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Acceleration of depreciation of property and equipment.

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- Definition

Costs associated with planned facility closures.

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