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Actual Debt To Income Ratio

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Debt Covenant, Number Of Consecutive Quarters

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Allowed Revisions To Debt Ratios

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Required Debt To Capital Ratio

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Required Debt To Income Ratio

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Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirement, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable price and date, maturing in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding calculated at point in time.

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For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, average borrowings during the period.

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Short-term and Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
Short-term and Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)	Jan. 03, 2026 USD ($) qtr revision	Dec. 28, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2023 USD ($)
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount available			$ 900,000,000
Revolving credit facility, outstanding amount	$ 0	$ 0
Number of allowed revisions to debt ratios \| revision	2
Debt maturity term	5 years
Actual debt-to-capital ratio	(0.05)
Actual debt-to-income ratio	(0.21)
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Maximum limit of required debt-to-capital ratio	0.60
Maximum limit of required debt-to-income ratio	3.50
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Material Acquisition
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Maximum limit of required debt-to-capital ratio	0.65
Maximum limit of required debt-to-income ratio	4.00
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount available			$ 450,000,000
Number of consecutive quarters \| qtr	4
Less: notes payable
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Average notes payable and commercial paper borrowings outstanding	$ 18,000,000.0	$ 14,900,000
Weighted-average interest rate over period	13.40%	10.40%
Weighted-average interest rate at end of period	15.60%	9.50%
Commercial paper outstanding balance	$ 16,200,000	$ 13,700,000
Commercial paper borrowings
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Commercial paper outstanding balance	0	$ 0
3.25% unsecured notes due 2027 \| Unsecured Debt
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Long-term debt and notes payable maturity	$ 300,000,000.0