Share-Base Payment Arrangement, Plan Expiration Period

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The date when the equity-based award expires as specified in the award agreement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Equity and Cash Incentive Program - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	May 03, 2012	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 07, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant					13,188,197
Plan expiration period	10 years
Service requisite period		3 years
Award term		10 years
2021 Plan - Rollover from 2012 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant					4,888,197
2021 Plan - New Issuance
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant					8,300,000
2012 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant	17,000,000
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		413,173	390,780	615,089
Unrecognized compensation expense		$ 8,800
Unrecognized compensation expense period of recognition		1 year 8 months 12 days
Fair value per share at date of grant (in dollars per share)		$ 29.08	$ 22.54	$ 17.55
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Service requisite period		3 years
Granted (in shares)		50,371	49,056	35,172
Vesting period		3 years
Unrecognized compensation expense		$ 7,743
Unrecognized compensation expense period of recognition		1 year 8 months 12 days
Fair value per share at date of grant (in dollars per share)		$ 148.29	$ 165.71	$ 91.20
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		87,177	83,512	124,929
Vesting period		3 years
Unrecognized compensation expense		$ 12,013
Unrecognized compensation expense period of recognition		1 year 3 months 18 days
Fair value per share at date of grant (in dollars per share)		$ 122.73	$ 119.86	$ 91.2