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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Leases [Abstract]

Lease, Cost

The components of the Company's operating lease expenses for the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were as follows (in thousands):

						Fiscal year ended September 30,
						2025						2024						2023
Operating lease expense						$	39,630					$	40,655					$	47,036
Short-term lease expense						2,890						2,791						2,986
Variable lease expense						23,032						23,268						23,139
Total lease expense						$	65,552					$	66,714					$	73,161

Assets And Liabilities Lessee

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company's operating leases was as follows (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

						September 30,
						2025						2024
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net						$	185,601					$	178,180
Operating lease liabilities, current1						31,042						33,779
Operating lease liabilities, long-term						230,749						215,785
Total operating lease liabilities						$	261,791					$	249,564
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)						7.7						7.9
Weighted average discount rate						3.24		%				2.94		%

(1)Current portion of operating lease liabilities is included in accrued liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity

As of September 30, 2025, the future operating lease payments for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Years Ending September 30:						Operating Lease Payments
2026						$	38,700
2027						40,386
2028						37,001
2029						34,188
2030						33,715
Thereafter						115,208
Total lease payments						299,198
Less: imputed interest						(37,407)
Total lease liabilities						$	261,791

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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position.

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