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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment during fiscal 2024 and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| Segment |  | Consolidated
| FSG |  | ETG |  | Totals
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 |
Goodwill acquired | 57,978 |  |  | 41,259 |  |  | 99,237 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 696 |  |  | 5,643 |  |  | 6,339 |
Adjustments to goodwill | (421) |  |  | 813 |  |  | 392 |
Balances as of October 31, 2024 | $1,882,558 |  |  | $1,497,737 |  |  | $3,380,295 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of October 31, 2024 |  | As of October 31, 2023
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $1,013,847 |  |  | ($307,531) |  |  | $706,316 |  |  | $967,090 |  |  | ($227,089) |  |  | $740,001 |
Intellectual property | 471,516 |  |  | (137,188) |  |  | 334,328 |  |  | 448,336 |  |  | (121,503) |  |  | 326,833 |
Other | 8,575 |  |  | (7,708) |  |  | 867 |  |  | 8,685 |  |  | (7,404) |  |  | 1,281 |
| 1,493,938 |  |  | (452,427) |  |  | 1,041,511 |  |  | 1,424,111 |  |  | (355,996) |  |  | 1,068,115 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 293,263 |  |  | — |  |  | 293,263 |  |  | 289,166 |  |  | — |  |  | 289,166 |
| $1,787,201 |  |  | ($452,427) |  |  | $1,334,774 |  |  | $1,713,277 |  |  | ($355,996) |  |  | $1,357,281 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block] | the following table summarizes the weighted average amortization period of the definite-lived intangible assets acquired in total and by major asset class in connection with the Company's fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022 acquisitions (in years):
| Year ended October 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Customer relationships | 11 |  | 13 |  | 15
Intellectual property | 11 |  | 14 |  | 13
Total | 11 |  | 13 |  | 14

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