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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Schedule of Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Line Items] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate from Continuing Operations [Table Text Block] | Our effective tax rate from continuing operations is presented below:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Effective tax rate from continuing operations | 17.3 | % |  | 23.3 | % |  | 26.5 | % |  | 25.2 | %

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