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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2026
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease, Cost | The components of the Company's operating lease expenses for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Nine Months Ended June 30,
|  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2026 |  | 2025
Operating lease expense |  | $ | 9,601 |  |  | $ | 10,067 |  |  | $ | 28,978 |  |  | $ | 30,117 |
Short-term lease expense |  | 1,202 |  |  | 740 |  |  | 3,134 |  |  | 2,250 |
Variable lease expense |  | 5,634 |  |  | 5,715 |  |  | 17,349 |  |  | 17,229 |
Total lease expense |  | $ | 16,437 |  |  | $ | 16,522 |  |  | $ | 49,461 |  |  | $ | 49,596 |
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):
|  | June 30, 2026 |  | September 30, 2025
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |  | $ | 178,239 |  |  | $ | 185,601 |
Operating lease liabilities, current (1) |  | 33,680 |  |  | 31,042 |
Operating lease liabilities, long-term |  | 218,700 |  |  | 230,749 |
Total operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 252,380 |  |  | $ | 261,791 |
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) |  | 7.4 |  | 7.7
Weighted average discount rate |  | 3.34 | % |  | 3.24 | %
(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 June 30, 2026, 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 (remainder) |  | $ | 8,227 |
2027 |  | 43,301 |
2028 |  | 39,326 |
2029 |  | 35,764 |
2030 |  | 35,276 |
2031 |  | 34,484 |
Thereafter |  | 92,352 |
Total lease payments |  | 288,730 |
Less: imputed interest |  | (36,350) |
Total lease liabilities |  | $ | 252,380 |

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-6 + Details
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