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Construction In Progress, Residual Value Guarantee, Percentage

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

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

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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LEASES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
LEASES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2025
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Gain on sale leaseback transactions	$ 38	$ 56	$ 53
Construction in progress, expected costs				$ 185
Remaining lease term (in years)				5 years
Residual value guarantee, percentage				85.00%
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	2 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term	15 years