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EQUITY AND REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share Repurchases |
|  | Repurchases Occurring in 2023 |  | Cumulative Repurchases as of March 31, 2023
|  | Shares |  | Average Price |  | Shares |  | Average Price
Share Repurchase Authorization |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 6,904,781 |  |  | $ | 173.59 |

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