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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Contribution by Plan participants as annual compensation percentage	75.00%
Plan Pro rata vesting period	5 years
Plan Expenses recognized	$ 30.2	$ 8.1	$ 7.8

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- Definition

The number of years of service required to fully vest in employer matching contributions to a defined contribution plan.

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- Definition

Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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- Definition

Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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