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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Award Performance Period

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Number Of Annual Performance Metrics

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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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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details)		12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details)	Feb. 24, 2025 Metric shares	Dec. 31, 2024 Metric shares	Dec. 31, 2023 Metric	Dec. 31, 2022 Metric
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)				3 years
Restricted Stock Award
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares		1,821,000
Performance measurement \| Metric		2	2	2
Restricted Stock Award \| Minimum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Restricted Stock Award \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)		200.00%	200.00%	200.00%
Restricted Stock Award \| Subsequent Events \| George C. Zoley
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares	207,862
Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award Grant Date	Mar. 03, 2025
Vesting period (in years)	1 year
Restricted Stock Award \| Tranche One
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)		50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Performance period		3 years	3 years	3 years
Restricted Stock Award \| Tranche Two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)		50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Performance period		3 years	3 years	3 years
Time-based Restricted Stock Award \| Subsequent Events \| LTIP
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	50.00%
Vesting period (in years)	3 years
Performance-based Restricted Stock Award \| Subsequent Events \| LTIP
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Performance measurement \| Metric	2
Award vesting rights (as percent)	100.00%
Performance-based Restricted Stock Award \| Tranche One \| Subsequent Events \| LTIP
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	50.00%
Performance Shares \| Subsequent Events \| Minimum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	180.00%
Performance Shares \| Subsequent Events \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	200.00%
Performance Shares \| Subsequent Events \| LTIP
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	50.00%
Performance Shares \| Tranche One \| Subsequent Events \| LTIP
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as percent)	50.00%