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Impaired Assets To Be Disposed Of By Method Other Than Sale, Depreciation And Amortization

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Loss recognized as a result of the initial and subsequent write-down of a long-lived asset's carrying amount to fair value.

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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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The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of tangible assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

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Property and Equipment, Net - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation expense	$ 74.3	$ 68.3	$ 105.3
Accelerated depreciation	16.2
Software and Software Development Costs and Content Assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment charges	18.2
Software Development
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impaired assets to be disposed of by method other than sale, impairment loss	$ 2.0