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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 10, 2021	Nov. 19, 2021	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019
Equity [Line Items]
Preferred stock authorized (in shares)		25,000,000
Preferred stock issued (in shares)		0	0
Class A common stock, shares authorized (in shares)		525,000,000	525,000,000
Class A common stock, par value (in USD per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Class A common stock issued (in shares)		332,875,959	335,561,345
Class A common stock outstanding (in shares)		332,875,959	335,561,345			22,000,000
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 372,949,000	$ 50,028,000	$ 145,137,000
Capacity remaining under current stock repurchase program		$ 1,980,000,000
2016 Program
Equity [Line Items]
Authorized share repurchase term					3 years
2019 Program
Equity [Line Items]
Authorized share repurchase term	3 years
Class A common stock
Equity [Line Items]
Class A common stock, shares authorized (in shares)		525,000,000	525,000,000
Class A common stock, par value (in USD per share)		$ 0.01
Class A common stock issued (in shares)		332,875,959	335,561,345
Class A common stock outstanding (in shares)		332,875,959	335,561,345
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 40,000	$ 11,000	$ 31,000
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)		3,954,369	1,050,084	3,080,907
Class A common stock \| 2016 Program
Equity [Line Items]
Authorized share repurchase amount					$ 250,000,000
Shares repurchased during the period, value				$ 45,100,000
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)				1,144,449
Average price per share (in USD per share)				$ 39.38
Class A common stock \| 2019 Program
Equity [Line Items]
Authorized share repurchase amount	$ 300,000,000							$ 500,000,000
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 287,300,000	$ 50,000,000
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)		3,122,054	1,050,084
Average price per share (in USD per share)		$ 92.03	$ 47.62
Authorized share additional repurchase amount								$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Class A common stock \| November 2021 Repurchase Program
Equity [Line Items]
Authorized share repurchase amount							$ 2,000,000,000
Shares repurchased during the period, value		$ 85,600,000
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)		832,315
Average price per share (in USD per share)		$ 102.82
Stock repurchase, term							5 years