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Fair Value of Financial Instruments Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Total long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs	$ 3,588,157	$ 3,069,417
Total long-term debt, fair value, excluding debt issuance costs	$ 3,783,225	$ 3,173,341

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- Definition

Debt Instrument, Carrying Amount, Excluding Debt Issuance Costs

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- Definition

Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121572278&loc=d3e13433-108611

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