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Non-operating income, net Non-operating income, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Non-operating (loss) income, net [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-operating Income, net | The following table presents the components of Non-operating income, net:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (In thousands)
Loss on extinguishment of debt | $ | (2,149) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest income | 582 |  |  | 7,815 |  |  | 26,596 |
Gain on sale of business | — |  |  | 6,402 |  |  | 817 |
Transition services income | — |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 15,600 |
Other, net | 238 |  |  | (130) |  |  | 247 |
Total non-operating (loss) income, net | $ | (1,329) |  |  | $ | 16,187 |  |  | $ | 43,260 |

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