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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for the nine months ended July 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |
Balances as of October 31, 2024 |  | $1,882,558 |  |  | $1,497,737 |  |  | $3,380,295 |
Goodwill acquired |  | 110,301 |  |  | 141,871 |  |  | 252,172 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | 2,378 |  |  | 11,206 |  |  | 13,584 |
Adjustments to goodwill |  | 24 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 55 |
Balances as of July 31, 2025 |  | $1,995,261 |  |  | $1,650,845 |  |  | $3,646,106 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | As of July 31, 2025 |  | As of October 31, 2024
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $1,157,413 |  |  | ($365,310) |  |  | $792,103 |  |  | $1,013,847 |  |  | ($307,531) |  |  | $706,316 |
Intellectual property |  | 539,549 |  |  | (143,295) |  |  | 396,254 |  |  | 471,516 |  |  | (137,188) |  |  | 334,328 |
Other |  | 8,678 |  |  | (8,073) |  |  | 605 |  |  | 8,575 |  |  | (7,708) |  |  | 867 |
|  | 1,705,640 |  |  | (516,678) |  |  | 1,188,962 |  |  | 1,493,938 |  |  | (452,427) |  |  | 1,041,511 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 324,563 |  |  | — |  |  | 324,563 |  |  | 293,263 |  |  | — |  |  | 293,263 |
|  | $2,030,203 |  |  | ($516,678) |  |  | $1,513,525 |  |  | $1,787,201 |  |  | ($452,427) |  |  | $1,334,774 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets both subject to and not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of the company. + References No definition available. + Details
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