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LEASES - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2020
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Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Discount rate (as a percent)	1.00%
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Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Discount rate (as a percent)	12.30%

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Lessee, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent

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