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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREDHOLDERS' EQUITY CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREDHOLDERS' EQUITY (PARENTHETICAL) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022
Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals) [Abstract]
Cash dividends paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.86	$ 1.72	$ 1.72	$ 1.62

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Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals) [Abstract]

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480008/505-10-S99-1

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