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Capital Stock (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2017
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share Repurchases Under Current and Previously Authorized Share Repurchase Programs | Repurchases of Common Stock. The Company made the following share repurchases during fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015:
Period |  | Number of Shares Repurchased |  | Total Consideration (In thousands) |  | Average Price Per Share
Fiscal 2015 |  | 1,669,924 |  |  | $ | 87,146 |  |  | $ | 52.19 |
Fiscal 2016 |  | 2,511,578 |  |  | $ | 169,997 |  |  | $ | 67.69 |
Fiscal 2017 |  | 713,006 |  |  | $ | 62,909 |  |  | $ | 88.23 |

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