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Derivatives - Notional Amounts of Foreign Currency Forward Contracts (Details) - Foreign currency contracts - USD ($) $ in Millions		Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Designated as hedges | Euro
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		$ 364.3	$ 399.9
Designated as hedges | Canadian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		124.1	134.0
Designated as hedges | Australian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		55.4	58.4
Designated as hedges | Swiss franc
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		43.3	45.9
Designated as hedges | British pound
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		36.0	43.8
Designated as hedges | Swedish krona
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		27.5	30.7
Designated as hedges | Japanese yen
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			30.4
Designated as hedges | Other Currencies
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts	[1]	24.5	0.9
Not designated as hedges | Euro
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		532.8	755.7
Not designated as hedges | Canadian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		32.9	144.2
Not designated as hedges | Australian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		67.4	98.1
Not designated as hedges | Swiss franc
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		28.3	25.1
Not designated as hedges | British pound
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		80.7	148.1
Not designated as hedges | Swedish krona
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			25.1
Not designated as hedges | Japanese yen
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		32.1	46.0
Not designated as hedges | Other Currencies
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts	[1]	168.5	132.7
Not designated as hedges | Mexican peso
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		154.6	96.3
Not designated as hedges | Indian rupee
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		55.9	63.4
Not designated as hedges | Philippine peso
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			76.2
Not designated as hedges | Russian ruble
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			44.4
Not designated as hedges | Chinese yuan
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		41.8	31.6
Not designated as hedges | New Zealand dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			$ 26.6
Not designated as hedges | Brazilian real
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		$ 25.1
[1] Comprised of exposures to various currencies; none of these individual currency exposures is greater than $25 million.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
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