Subsequent Event (Details) - Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations - Line Segments $ in Millions	24 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2023	Mar. 26, 2021 USD ($) phase lineSegment
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of line segments for sale \| lineSegment		3
Number of phases to complete sale transaction \| phase		3
Total sale price \| $		$ 525
Subsequent Event \| Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Period to complete closing on the remaining sale transaction	2 years

Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Number Of Disposal Groups

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Number Of Phases To Complete Sale Transaction

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations. Period To Complete Sale Transaction

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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