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LEASES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the Company's total lease cost, which is recorded as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses, for the periods presented:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In millions) | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Operating lease cost | $ | 197.0 |  |  | $ | 175.8 |  |  | $ | 169.9 |
Short-term lease cost | 8.9 |  |  | 4.8 |  |  | 3.6 |
Variable lease cost | 53.2 |  |  | 45.7 |  |  | 49.5 |
Total lease cost | $ | 259.1 |  |  | $ | 226.4 |  |  | $ | 222.9 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures | The following table sets forth supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases for the periods presented:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In millions) | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 174.5 |  |  | $ | 171.7 |  |  | $ | 153.6 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities(1) | 296.9 |  |  | 267.1 |  |  | 157.5 |
(1) The year ended December 31, 2022 includes $20.1 million of operating lease liabilities acquired in the business combination with Rahi Systems, as disclosed in Note 6, “Acquisitions and Disposals”.
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities and reconciles the respective undiscounted payments to the total operating lease liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2023:
| (In millions)
2024 | $ | 191.2 |
2025 | 172.3 |
2026 | 146.7 |
2027 | 119.0 |
2028 | 87.4 |
Thereafter | 188.8 |
Total undiscounted operating lease payments | 905.4 |
Less: imputed interest | (107.0) |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 798.4 |
AssetsAndLiabilitiesLesseeTableTextBlock | The following table sets forth supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases for the periods presented:
| As of December 31,
(In millions) | 2023 |  | 2022
Operating lease assets | $ | 761.2 |  |  | $ | 625.1 |
Current operating lease liabilities(1) | 156.7 |  |  | 129.5 |
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities | 641.7 |  |  | 510.4 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 798.4 |  |  | $ | 640.0 |
(1) Current operating lease liabilities are recorded as a component of other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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