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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 25, 2022 | Mar. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities, realized gain |  |  | $ 0.8 | $ 3.1 | $ 4.6
Available-for-sale securities, realized loss |  |  | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3
Fair market value of investments with unrealized losses greater than one year |  |  | 33.4 | 6.5 |
Fair market value of investments with unrealized losses less than one year |  |  | 66.3 | 85.4 |
Unrealized Gain (loss) on contracts |  |  | 10.8 | (2.1) | 2.6
Equity securities unrealized gain |  |  | 1.9 | 5.1 | 9.6
Equity securities unrealized loss |  |  | 11.6 | $ 1.8 | $ 6.0
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (Loss), cash flow hedge, gain (loss), before reclassification, after tax |  |  | $ 3.2 |  |
Accounts Receivable | Customer 2 | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  | 10.00% | 10.00% |
Debt Mutual Funds |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Available for sale securities with out contractual maturity date |  |  | $ 6.6 |  |
Auto Guide Llc [Member] | Dispute In Respect Of Contingent Consideration [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Litigation Settlement, Amount settled between parties | $ 26.7 | $ 26.7 |  |  |
Foreign Exchange Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized Gain (loss) on contracts |  |  | $ 0.9 | $ 0.1 |

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