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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Fair Value for Level 3 Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 71,736	$ 69,484
Contingent consideration recorded at acquisition date	31,616	4,688
Payment of contingent consideration recorded at acquisition date	(12,934)	(12,566)
Payment of contingent consideration recorded in earnings	$ (520)	(10,371)
Fair value, location of contingent consideration recorded in earnings	Interest Expense
Adjustments to contingent consideration	$ 2,954	18,418	$ 1,498
Interest accretion expense	1,470	2,006
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(14)	77
Ending balance	$ 94,308	$ 71,736	$ 69,484

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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