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Number of Shares Repurchased

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Amount authorized for purchase of share under share repurchase plan. Includes, but is not limited to, repurchase of stock and unit of ownership.

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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 cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Capital Stock (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2026	Oct. 24, 2025	Feb. 19, 2024	Sep. 30, 2026	Sep. 30, 2026	Sep. 30, 2025	Oct. 21, 2026	Oct. 22, 2025
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased		3,950,000		0
Maximum Percentage of Common Stock Shares Repurchased		80.00%
Dividends per share of common stock					$ 70.95
Repurchase Of Common Stock					$ 0	$ 100,900
Cost of Repurchase of Common Stock		$ 350,000
Number of shares received	570,000
Share price	$ 77.38
Accelerated share repurchase program
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program amount								$ 350,000
Repurchase Of Common Stock	$ 4,520
2024 Share Repurchase Plan [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Additional repurchase shares of common stock value			$ 300,000
2025 Share Repurchase Plan [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program amount				$ 380,600	$ 380,600			$ 600,000
2025 Share Repurchase Plan [Member] \| Subsequent Event
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program amount							$ 750,000