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Employee Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Employee Benefit Plans (Textual) |  |  |
Contributions to defined contribution plans | $ 87 | $ 83 | $ 82

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- Definition Amount of cost for defined contribution plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480794/715-70-50-1 + Details
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- Definition Employee Benefit Plans, Textual [Abstract] + References No definition available. + Details
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