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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2025 | Feb. 29, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, tax credit, amount | $ 5.2 | $ 1.6
Tax benefits from the reversal of certain reserves and uncertainties, associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations | $ 5.0 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, reduction resulting from state tax matter |  | 1.1
Adjustment to tax accrual, tax benefit |  | $ 0.5

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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to tax credits. Including, but not limited to, research credit, foreign tax credit, investment tax credit, and other tax credits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 12A -Subparagraph (b)(1) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-12A Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 12A -Subparagraph (a)(5) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-12A Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-12 + Details
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- Definition Amount of decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from lapses of applicable statutes of limitations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 15A -Subparagraph (a)(4) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482685/740-10-50-15A + Details
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