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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of notes payable.

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Fair Value Measurement - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021	Jan. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 09, 2020
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value assets, transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3	$ 0		$ 0
Fair value liabilities, transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3	0		0
2029 Notes
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Instrument face amount	747,500,000	$ 717,500,000
Estimated fair value of notes payable	647,700,000
2027 Notes
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Instrument face amount	550,000,000.0			$ 550,000,000.0
Estimated fair value of notes payable	$ 759,800,000		$ 997,900,000