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Financial Instruments - Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Increase (decrease) in fair value:
Interest rate agreements	$ 22,661	$ (46,622)
Recognition of (gains) losses in earnings due to settlements:
Interest rate agreements	(530)	744
Total other comprehensive income (loss) from hedging, net of tax	$ 22,131	$ (45,878)

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Net of tax effect of the reclassification adjustment for accumulated gains and losses from interest rate agreements designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges included in accumulated comprehensive income that was realized in net income during the period.

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Change in accumulated gains and losses from interest rate agreements designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges, net of tax effect. The after tax effect change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's Increase or Decrease in deferred hedging gains or losses.

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Amount, after tax and reclassification, of gain (loss) from derivative instrument designated and qualifying as cash flow hedge included in assessment of hedge effectiveness, attributable to parent.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 11
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126968391&loc=d3e637-108580

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