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Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) Transaction
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, renewal term	10 years
Operating leases not yet commenced value with aggregate rent payments | $	$ 1,530
Number of transactions | Transaction	5
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease not yet commenced, term of contract	2 years
Minimum | Lease Pass-Through Financing Obligation
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, finance lease, term	10 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease not yet commenced, term of contract	20 years
Maximum | Lease Pass-Through Financing Obligation
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, finance lease, term	25 years

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Lessee, Renewal Term

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Operating leases not yet commenced value with aggregate rent payments.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-3

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- Definition

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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-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-3

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Term of lessee's operating lease not yet commenced, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-3

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