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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment during fiscal 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| Segment |  | Consolidated
| FSG |  | ETG |  | Totals
Balances as of October 31, 2021 | $468,288 |  |  | $982,107 |  |  | $1,450,395 |
Goodwill acquired | 106,919 |  |  | 137,123 |  |  | 244,042 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (6,335) |  |  | (8,672) |  |  | (15,007) |
Adjustments to goodwill | (6,911) |  |  | (94) |  |  | (7,005) |
Balances as of October 31, 2022 | 561,961 |  |  | 1,110,464 |  |  | 1,672,425 |
Goodwill acquired | 1,260,507 |  |  | 335,630 |  |  | 1,596,137 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 2,793 |  |  | 2,394 |  |  | 5,187 |
Adjustments to goodwill | (956) |  |  | 1,534 |  |  | 578 |
Balances as of October 31, 2023 | $1,824,305 |  |  | $1,450,022 |  |  | $3,274,327 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of October 31, 2023 |  | As of October 31, 2022
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $967,090 |  |  | ($227,089) |  |  | $740,001 |  |  | $539,529 |  |  | ($208,127) |  |  | $331,402 |
Intellectual property | 448,336 |  |  | (121,503) |  |  | 326,833 |  |  | 284,171 |  |  | (98,983) |  |  | 185,188 |
Other | 8,685 |  |  | (7,404) |  |  | 1,281 |  |  | 8,700 |  |  | (7,017) |  |  | 1,683 |
| 1,424,111 |  |  | (355,996) |  |  | 1,068,115 |  |  | 832,400 |  |  | (314,127) |  |  | 518,273 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 289,166 |  |  | — |  |  | 289,166 |  |  | 215,054 |  |  | — |  |  | 215,054 |
| $1,713,277 |  |  | ($355,996) |  |  | $1,357,281 |  |  | $1,047,454 |  |  | ($314,127) |  |  | $733,327 |

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