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SEGMENT REPORTING - Additional Information (Details) - reportableSegment	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	3
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, percentage by country	45.00%	45.00%	45.00%
Ireland
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, percentage by country	1.00%	2.00%	1.00%

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e8672-108599

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