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Earnings per Share - Reconciliation Between Basic and Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Parenthetical) (Detail) - shares shares in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 29, 2022 | Jan. 30, 2021 | Feb. 01, 2020
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Awards excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation | [1] | 202 | 14,259 | 700
Equity Awards |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Awards excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation |  |  | 1,900 |
Notes |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Awards excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation |  |  | 12,400 |
[1] | In Fiscal 2020, there were 1.9 million potentially dilutive equity awards and 12.4 million potentially dilutive shares from the Company’s Notes that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because the Company incurred a net loss for this period and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. For all other periods, anti-dilutive shares relate to stock options and unvested restricted stock.

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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