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Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Grant Date (Details) - $ / shares					12 Months Ended
	Mar. 15, 2021	Jun. 24, 2020	Mar. 16, 2020	Mar. 20, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		1 year
Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate			0.20%	0.18%	1.05%	0.58%	2.37%
Stock price (in dollars per share)			$ 173.15	$ 173.15
Expected stock price volatility			51.32%	62.29%
Fair value per share (in dollars per share)			$ 280.93	$ 188.21	$ 92.82	$ 35.13	$ 58.28
Vesting period					3 years
Stock Options, Non-CEO
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.29%	0.21%
Stock price (in dollars per share)	$ 226.02	$ 160.14
Expected stock price volatility	53.65%	47.72%
Fair value per share (in dollars per share)	$ 238.92	$ 264.17
Stock Options, CEO
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate		0.21%
Stock price (in dollars per share)		$ 160.14
Expected stock price volatility		47.72%
Fair value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 240.55

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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