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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 States Store
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Entity formed, year	1998
Number of Locations | Store	570
Number of states | States	42

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