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Basis of Presentation Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Business Acquisitions [Abstract]
Payments for business acquisitions	$ (83,251)	$ (163,724)

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Business Acquisitions [Abstract]

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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