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COMMON STOCK - Accelerated Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended
	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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