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Investments - Investments Classified as Long-Term Available-for-Sale Investments and Long-Term Cost Method Investments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Cost-method Investments [Line Items]
Investments classified as long-term	$ 5,854	$ 10,290
Available-for-Sale Investments [Member] | Group Insurance Contracts [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Cost-method Investments [Line Items]
Investments classified as long-term	$ 5,854	5,890
Cost-method Investments [Member] | Minority Interest in Private Company [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities and Cost-method Investments [Line Items]
Investments classified as long-term		$ 4,400

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The total amount of investments that are intended to be held for an extended period of time (longer than one operating cycle).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
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