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Business Segment Information - Schedule of Long-Lived Assets by Geographical Areas (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2022
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United States |  |  |
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-lived assets | $ 7,963,851 | $ 7,865,832 | $ 7,135,131

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- Definition Amount of long-lived assets, including all non-current assets and property, plant and equipment. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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