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Payments for (Proceeds from) Hedge, Excluding Pre-issuance Hedge

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Percentage Of Business Outside Domestic Country

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Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Net Investment Hedge in AOCI

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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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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The estimated net amount of unrealized gains or losses on interest rate cash flow hedges as of the balance sheet date expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months.

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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on a nonderivative instrument.

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The net cash outflow or inflow for a financial contract that meets the hedge criteria as either cash flow hedge, fair value hedge or hedge of net investment in foreign operations.

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Derivatives And Hedging Activities (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2022 EUR (€)	Jul. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2022 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Company's business conducted outside United States			60.00%	60.00%
Payments for (Proceeds from) Hedge, Financing Activities			$ 762		$ 5,935
Payments for (Proceeds from) Hedge, Excluding Pre-issuance Hedge			(800)
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Gain (Loss) to be Reclassified During Next 12 Months, Net	$ 0		$ 0
European And Asian Currencies [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Maximum maturity period for foreign exchange contracts, in months			12 months	12 months
Duration Of Foreign Currency Derivatives			30 days	30 days
Fair Value Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	319,600	$ 444,700	$ 319,600		444,700	$ 371,900
Notional Amount of US Dollar Derivatives [Member] \| Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount		309,400			309,400	$ 360,200
Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| 1.875 Percent Ten Year Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Net Investment Hedge in AOCI	$ 31,200	$ (2,500)	$ 47,900		$ 19,100
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Net Investment Hedging [Member] \| 1.875 Percent Ten Year Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Nonderivative Instruments \| €				€ 497.2