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Debt (Debt With A Contractual Term Greater Than One Year) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 24, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Sep. 25, 2016
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross long-term debt | $ 6,138,192 | $ 5,751,859 | $ 5,870,761
Less: current portion of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs | (1,530,401) | (1,084,884) | (700,152)
Long-term debt, net | 4,607,791 | 4,666,975 | 5,170,609
Secured Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Less: unamortized discount and debt issuance costs | (624) | (1,480) | (1,920)
Gross long-term debt | 832,271 | 945,613 | 1,066,107
Secured Debt | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | 122,130 | 149,338 | 140,488
Secured Debt | Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | 280,308 | 0 | 0
Secured Debt | Asset-backed securitization debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | 430,457 | 797,755 | 927,539
Unsecured Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Less: unamortized discount and debt issuance costs | (21,567) | (21,242) | (22,834)
Unsecured Debt | 2.70% Medium-term notes due in 2017 par value, issued January 2012 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 0 | $ 400,000 | $ 400,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.70% | 2.70% | 2.70%
Unsecured Debt | 2.15% Medium-term notes due in 2020 par value, issued February 2015 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.15% | 2.15% | 2.15%
Unsecured Debt | 1.55% Medium-term notes due in 2017 par value, issued November 2014 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 400,000 | $ 400,000 | $ 400,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 1.55% | 1.55% | 1.55%
Unsecured Debt | 6.80% Medium-term notes due in 2018 par value, issued May 2008 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 877,488 | $ 877,488 | $ 877,488
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 6.80% | 6.80% | 6.80%
Unsecured Debt | 2.25% Medium-term notes due in 2019 par value, issued January 2016 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.25% | 2.25% | 2.25%
Unsecured Debt | Floating-Rate Medium Term Notes due 2019 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 150,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Unsecured Debt | Two Point Four Percent Medium-Term Notes Due 2019 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.40%
Unsecured Debt | Two Point Four Percent Medium-Term Notes Due 2020 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 350,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.40%
Unsecured Debt | Two Point Eighty-five Percent Medium-Term Notes Due 2021 [Member] [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000 | $ 600,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.85% | 2.85% | 2.85%
Unsecured Debt | Two Point Fifty-five Percent Medium-Term Notes Due 2022 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 400,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 2.55% | 2.55% | 2.55%
Unsecured Debt | Three Point Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2025 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 450,000 | $ 450,000 | $ 450,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 3.50% | 3.50% | 3.50%
Unsecured Debt | Four Point Six Two Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2045 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt, gross | $ 300,000 | $ 300,000 | $ 300,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage | 4.625% | 4.625% | 4.625%

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