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Amount of tax benefit from exercise of option under share-based payment arrangement.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) right shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 173.5
Excess tax benefit	$ 50.1	$ 73.0	$ 35.7
Weighted-average period	1 year 21 days
Restricted Stock
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Performance shares
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Stock Option
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 124.1
Expiration period	10 years
Award vesting period	3 years
Weighted-average period	1 year 1 month 9 days
Stock Option \| Tranche One
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Stock Option \| Tranche Two
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Stock Option \| Tranche Three
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Restricted Stock \| Tranche One
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Restricted Stock \| Tranche Two
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Restricted Stock \| Tranche Three
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.00%
Restricted Stock \| Employees
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 47.4
Weighted-average period	10 months 6 days
Restricted Stock \| Non-Employee Directors
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 2.0
Award vesting period	3 years
Weighted-average period	10 months 24 days
2006 Employee Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	71,100,000
Number of appreciation rights, performance shares or performance units granted \| right	0
Nonemployee Director Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	600,000
2025 Plan
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	21,969,555
Shares available for grant (in shares) \| shares	21,067,821