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COMMON STOCK - Accelerated Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions | 1 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Oct. 31, 2022 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Jan. 31, 2022 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Feb. 28, 2021 | Oct. 01, 2022
Initial Delivery of Shares Settled May 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000.0 |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  | 2.4 |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  | $ 83.86 |
Value of Shares as % of Contract Value |  |  |  |  |  | 80.00% |
Purchased and sold in May 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  |  | 3.0 |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  | $ 84.51 |  |
Initial Delivery of Shares Settled June 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000.0 |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  |  | 1.9 |  |  |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 104.87 |  |  |
Value of Shares as % of Contract Value |  |  |  | 80.00% |  |  |
Purchased in May 2019 and sold in June 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) |  |  | $ 110.31 |  |  |  |
Initial Delivery of Shares Settled February 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount Paid |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 750,000,000.0
Shares repurchased (in shares) |  | 8.3 |  |  |  |  |
Initial delivery, price per share (in dollars per share) |  | $ 72.43 |  |  |  |  |
Value of Shares as % of Contract Value |  | 80.00% |  |  |  |  |
Purchased in February 2021 and sold in March 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased (in shares) | 10.3 |  |  |  |  |  |
Final settlement per share price (in dollars per share) | $ 72.91 |  |  |  |  |  |

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