Financial Instruments - Carrying Amounts and Estimated Fair Values of Other Financial Instruments (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Senior Notes \| 3¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior note interest rate	3.25%
Senior Notes \| 4⅛% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior note interest rate	4.125%
Senior Notes \| 2¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior note interest rate	2.25%
Senior Notes \| 1.4% Senior Secured Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Senior note interest rate	1.40%
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 259,564
Carrying Amount \| Bank debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	1,558,014
Carrying Amount \| Senior Notes \| 3¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	723,190
Carrying Amount \| Senior Notes \| 4⅛% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	599,229
Carrying Amount \| Senior Notes \| 2¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	556,300
Carrying Amount \| Senior Notes \| 1.4% Senior Secured Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	499,784
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	259,564
Fair Value \| Bank debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	1,558,014
Fair Value \| Senior Notes \| 3¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	721,671
Fair Value \| Senior Notes \| 4⅛% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	575,280
Fair Value \| Senior Notes \| 2¼% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	507,624
Fair Value \| Senior Notes \| 1.4% Senior Secured Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Bank debt	$ 456,550

Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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- Definition

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

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123466505&loc=SL123495323-112611

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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

The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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