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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Aug. 26, 2021 USD ($) shares | Feb. 25, 2021 USD ($) shares | May 29, 2020 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Segment Customer shares | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Jul. 28, 2021 USD ($) | May 01, 2020 USD ($)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of operating segment | Segment |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Number of customer exceeding 6% of revenue | Customer |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |
Depreciation expenses |  |  |  | $ 259,900,000 | $ 261,300,000 | $ 253,700,000 |  |
Self-insurance reserve |  |  |  | 150,600,000 | 139,600,000 |  |  |
Long-term portions of self insurance reserve |  |  |  | 88,700,000 | 86,500,000 |  |  |
Allocated share-based compensation expense |  |  |  | 15,000,000.0 | 14,300,000 | 42,900,000 |  |
Employee service share-based compensation, tax benefit from compensation expense |  |  |  | (2,900,000) | (3,800,000) | (10,800,000) |  |
Advertising expense |  |  |  | 28,100,000 | 19,000,000.0 | 28,300,000 |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value |  |  |  | 536,465,000 | 364,057,000 | 240,960,000 |  |
Payments made to third party financial institution for share repurchase under the ASR agreement | $ 250,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares received under stock repurchase ASR agreement | shares | 655,365 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments for repurchase of common stock recieved under stock repurchase ASR agreement | $ 187,500,000 |  |  | 536,465,000 | 364,057,000 | $ 240,960,000 |  |
Percentage of shares received under stock repurchase ASR agreement | 75.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2019 Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 350,000,000.0
2020 Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 700,000,000.0
2021 Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000,000.0 |
May 2020 ASR Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, shares | shares |  |  | 683,434 |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value |  |  | $ 125,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |
February 2021 ASR Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, shares | shares |  | 1,101,046 |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value |  | $ 275,000,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Share Repurchase Programs [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount |  |  |  | 2,020,000,000.00 |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program remaining authorized deferred repurchase amount |  |  |  | 62,500,000 |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program remaining available and uncommitted repurchase amount |  |  |  | $ 1,960,000,000 |  |  |  |
August 2021 ASR Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, shares | shares |  |  |  | 778,775 |  |  |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000.0 |  |  |  |
Phantom Share Units (PSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liability for unsettled stock awards |  |  |  | $ 0 | $ 0 |  |  |

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