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RETIREMENT AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS - Level 3 Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021
Level 3 Assets [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 130,934	$ 140,305
Changes in fair value	(33,053)	(9,371)
Ending Balance	$ 97,881	$ 130,934

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Level 3 Assets [Abstract]

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as an asset out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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