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INCOME TAXES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Sep. 28, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate (as percent) | 23.00% | 22.00% | 22.90% | 21.80%
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits | $ 1.2 |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits | 25.2 |  | $ 25.2 |
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate | 1.0 |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate | 22.1 |  | 22.1 |
Accrued interest on unrecognized tax benefits | 1.8 |  | 1.8 |
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits that are reasonably possibly over the next twelve-month period | $ 5.1 |  | $ 5.1 |

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