Defined Contribution Plan, Minimum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Based On Historical Volatility

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Based On Leverage-Adjusted Volatility

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement, Employer Contribution, Holding Period

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Share-based Compensation, Share Price Threshold, Percentage

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Share-based Compensation, Threshold Trading Day Window

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Share-based Compensation, Threshold Trading Days

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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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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Expected term of 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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Stock Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 05, 2022 director shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 17.9	$ 9.0	$ 43.9	$ 23.7
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Minimum contributions per employee (as a percent)				3.00%
Maximum contributions per employee (as a percent)				15.00%
Holding period of ESPP employer contribution				1 year
Stock-based compensation expense		1.0	1.0	$ 3.0	4.0
Restricted stock and restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (shares) \| shares				5,581,929
Expected term				4 years 6 months
Vesting period (in years)	10 years
Share price threshold, percentage	20.00%
Threshold trading days \| director	20
Threshold trading day window	30 days
Expected volatility based on historical volatility				50.00%
Expected volatility based on leverage-adjusted volatility				50.00%
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 14.6	$ 5.3	$ 36.6	$ 12.9
Restricted stock and restricted stock units \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (shares) \| shares	4,914,868
Expected term	10 years
Vesting period (in years)	3 years			1 year