INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2026	Aug. 31, 2025	Aug. 31, 2024
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Jurisdiction of Domicile [Extensible Enumeration]	U.S. Plans
Unrecognized deferred tax liability from undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	$ 450,000
Tax holiday income tax benefits	54,000	$ 50,000	$ 44,000
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance	1,674,836	1,689,015
Net (decrease) increase in deferred tax valuation allowance	(14,179)	70,601
Tax credit carryforwards	1,537,225	1,544,834
Operating loss carryforwards	1,116,954
Unrecognized tax benefits	2,529,828	2,409,655	1,904,867
Unrecognized tax benefits potential to favorably impact effective tax rate	1,647,268	1,614,917
Unrecognized tax benefits recorded as offsetting tax benefits associated with the correlative effects of potential transfer pricing adjustments, state income taxes and timing adjustments	882,560	794,738
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties expense (benefit)	12,402	(20,036)	$ 37,396
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued, pre-tax	199,714	186,901
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued, net of tax benefits	179,073	$ 173,628
Amount of increase in unrecognized tax benefits that is reasonably possible	1,300,000
Tax Credit Carry Forwards, Expiring Between 2027 and 2036
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards	23,050
Tax Credit Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards	1,514,175
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiring Between 2027 and 2036
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	100,779
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiring Between 2037 and 2046
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	83,769
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards with Indefinite Carryforward Period
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards	$ 932,406

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