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Debt - Other - Summary of Debt Extinguishment Costs Recorded as Additional Expense (Details) - Other [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
Write-offs of unamortized deferred financing costs	$ 1,143	$ 717
Write-offs of unamortized (premiums)/discounts/OCI		3,947
Total	$ 1,143	$ 4,664

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Amount of write off of unamortized discount premium net.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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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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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(8))
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147483621/220-10-S99-2

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