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Lease Accounting (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases | Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are as follows (in thousands):
| Nine months ended September 30, |
| 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 84,351 |  |  | $ | 79,598 |
Operating cash flows from finance leases | $ | 1,431 |  |  | $ | 1,589 |
Financing cash flows from finance leases | $ | 1,918 |  |  | $ | 1,435 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating leases | $ | 47,679 |  |  | $ | 364,453 |

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