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Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits - Accumulated Benefit Obligation ("ABO") (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	$ 341,243	$ 360,056
U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Funded plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	339,029	357,498
U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Unfunded plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	2,214	2,558
Foreign Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	190,614	215,214
Foreign Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Funded plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	155,368	178,854
Foreign Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Unfunded plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	$ 35,246	$ 36,360

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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered, excluding assumptions about future compensation level.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (e)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-1

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