BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2026 |
Sep. 30, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
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| Supplemental cash flow information: | |||
| Interest paid | $ 6,650 | $ 8,050 | |
| Income taxes paid, including foreign withholding taxes | 55,000 | 92,711 | |
| Non-cash investing and financing activities: | |||
| Non-cash acquisition of patents | 3,000 | 19,319 | |
| Dividend payable | 19,324 | 18,041 | $ 17,980 |
| (Increase) Decrease in accrued capitalized expenditures and patent costs | (3,123) | 5,499 | |
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange of operating lease liabilities | 597 | 880 | |
| Settlement of the 2027 Notes and Hedge Transactions | 560,567 | 40 | |
| Unsettled repurchase of common stock | $ 491 | $ 0 | |
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- Definition Increase (Decrease) In Capital And Intangible Asset Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid No definition available.
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- Definition Noncash Settlement Of Hedge On Debt Instrument No definition available.
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- Definition Unsettled Repurchases Of Common Stock No definition available.
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of dividends declared but unpaid on equity securities issued by the entity and outstanding. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before refund, of cash paid to foreign, federal, state, and local jurisdictions as income tax. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of intangibles that an Entity acquires in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of increase in right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- References No definition available.
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