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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Effective Income Tax Rate | The following table summarizes the Company’s effective tax rate:
| Three-Month Period Ended |  |
| March 29, 2024 |  | March 31, 2023 |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate | 14.4 | % |  | 18.6 | % |  |  |  |

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