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Financial Instruments (Schedule of Foreign Currency Forward Commitments) (Details) - Mar. 31, 2023 € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, £ in Millions, $ in Millions | USD ($) | EUR (€) | CNY (¥) | GBP (£)
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Buy USD Sell Euro |  |  |  |
Offsetting Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Derivative liability, notional amount | $ 2,410.5 |  |  |
Derivative asset, notional amount | € |  | € 2,231.4 |  |
Buy Euros Sell U.S. Dollars |  |  |  |
Offsetting Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Derivative liability, notional amount | € |  | € 3,667.4 |  |
Derivative asset, notional amount | 3,948.6 |  |  |
Buy US Dollar Sell Chinese Yuan |  |  |  |
Offsetting Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Derivative liability, notional amount | 229.8 |  |  |
Derivative asset, notional amount | ¥ |  |  | ¥ 1,574.7 |
Buy GBP Sell USD |  |  |  |
Offsetting Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Derivative liability, notional amount | £ |  |  |  | £ 216.7
Derivative asset, notional amount | $ 265.8 |  |  |

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