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EBP, Benefit Payment, Non-Hardship Withdrawal, Percentage Of Vested Balance

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EBP, Benefit Payment, Participant Age

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EBP, Benefit Payment, Period After Payments From Purchase Of Annuity Contract Commence

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EBP, Benefit Payment, Term

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Participant Contributions Less Forfeitures, Percentage

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Company contribution and/ or investment earning percentage vesting to the participant in Company Matching Contributions, Fixed Rate Contributions, Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions, and Disability Contributions, upon completion of minimum service period or attainment of maximum vesting age

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EBP, Involuntary Cash-out Limit

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, Primary Residence, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, General Loan, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Incremental Rate

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Participant Compensation, Percentage

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EBP, Qualification Of Social Security Benefits If Disablement Of Participant, Participant Age

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EBP, Requisite Service Period, Hours

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EBP, Retirement Age

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477804/962-205-S99-1

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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Description of the Plan - Narrative (Details) - EBP 011	12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan - Narrative (Details) - EBP 011	Dec. 31, 2027	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) year h	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Temporary requisite service period (in hours) \| h		1,000
Deferral rate		6.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage		6.00%
Percentage of employee contributions less forfeitures for employer contributions		75.00%
Incremental rate		1.00%
Percentage of total loans to participant and participants vested balance, maximum		50.00%
Maximum borrowing amount \| $		$ 50,000
General loan, borrowing term (in years)		5 years
Home, borrowing term (in years)		20 years
Cash out limit \| $		$ 1,000
Retirement age (in years)		65
Vesting percentage		100.00%
Forfeitures used to reduce employer matching contributions \| $		$ 3,501,256
Participant age of benefit payment (in years)		73
Participant disablement and qualified for Social Security benefits (in years)		65
Percentage of vested balance for non-hardship withdrawal		33.00%
Period after payments from purchase of annuity contract begins (in months)		1 month
Forecast
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	100.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant contribution, percentage of compensation		1.00%
Payment of benefits term (in years)		2 years
Non-hardship withdrawal participant age (in years)		55
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant contribution, percentage of compensation		60.00%
Payment of benefits term (in years)		15 years
Non-hardship withdrawal participant age (in years)		71
Unallocated
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Unallocated forfeitures \| $		$ 6,684,858	$ 1,283,020