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Deferred Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2022
Investments And Employee Deferred Compensation Plan [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Equity Participation Plan, distributions to key executives, age | age 62 (or the one-year anniversary of the date of the grant for participants over the age of 61 as of the grant date) or upon or after their actual retirement if later. |  |
Deferred Equity Participation Sub-plans, distributions requisite service description | we annually make awards under sub-plans of the DEPP for certain production staff, which generally provide for vesting and/or distributions no sooner than five years from the date of awards, although certain awards vest and/or distribute after the earlier of fifteen years or the participant reaching age 65. |  |
Deferred Equity Participation Sub-plans, distributions to key executives, age | age 65 |  |
Deferred Equity Participation Plan (DEPP) [Member] |  |  |
Investments And Employee Deferred Compensation Plan [Line Items] |  |  |
Awards approved by committee, value | $ 25,100,000 | $ 26,300,000 |
Charge to compensation expenses related to awards | 4,000,000.0 | 3,500,000 |
Unearned deferred compensation, value | $ 108,200,000 |  | $ 77,700,000
Unearned deferred compensation, shares | 2.5 |  | 2.5
Total intrinsic value of unvested equity based awards | $ 477,500,000 |  | $ 478,700,000
Cash and equity awards with aggregate fair value vested and distributed to participants | 6,100,000 | 0 |
Deferred Equity Participation Plan Sub Plans [Member] |  |  |
Investments And Employee Deferred Compensation Plan [Line Items] |  |  |
Awards approved by committee, value | 3,000,000.0 | 1,900,000 |
Charge to compensation expenses related to awards | 600,000 | 500,000 |
Distributions from the sub-plans | 2,400,000 | 0 |
Deferred Cash Participation Plan (DCPP) [Member] |  |  |
Investments And Employee Deferred Compensation Plan [Line Items] |  |  |
Awards approved by committee, value | 9,800,000 | 8,300,000 |
Charge to compensation expenses related to awards | 3,800,000 | 2,700,000 |
Cash and equity awards with aggregate fair value vested and distributed to participants | $ 200,000 | $ 0 |

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