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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 02, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary Of Effective Income Tax Rate | The following table summarizes the Company’s effective tax rate:
| Three-Month Period Ended |  | Six-Month Period Ended
| July 2, 2021 |  | July 3, 2020 |  | July 2, 2021 |  | July 3, 2020
Effective tax rate | 16.8 | % |  | 24.0 | % |  | 17.6 | % |  | 21.2 | %

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