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Income Taxes Changes in Balance of Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ (1,148,268)	$ (1,213,750)	$ (458,288)
Additions	(182,325)	(24,986)	(766,012)
Deductions	4,389	90,468	10,550
Ending Balance	$ (1,326,204)	$ (1,148,268)	$ (1,213,750)

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Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance [Roll Forward]

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Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Decrease

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Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Increase

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32537-109319

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