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Derivatives - Notional Amounts of Foreign Currency Forward Contracts (Details) - Foreign currency contracts - USD ($) $ in Millions		Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Designated as hedges | Euro
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		$ 288.1	$ 321.6
Designated as hedges | Canadian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		111.2	117.3
Designated as hedges | Australian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		52.1	53.2
Designated as hedges | Swiss franc
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		39.4	40.4
Designated as hedges | British pound
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		45.3	40.4
Designated as hedges | Swedish krona
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		25.0	25.8
Designated as hedges | Japanese yen
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			30.5
Designated as hedges | Other Currencies
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts	[1]	20.6	22.1
Not designated as hedges | Euro
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		597.1	603.2
Not designated as hedges | Canadian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		40.9	32.2
Not designated as hedges | Australian dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		46.4	48.7
Not designated as hedges | Swiss franc
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			28.3
Not designated as hedges | British pound
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		135.8	115.1
Not designated as hedges | Swedish krona
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			26.7
Not designated as hedges | Mexican peso
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		147.1	132.9
Not designated as hedges | Indian rupee
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		47.8	52.6
Not designated as hedges | Chinese yuan
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts			30.1
Not designated as hedges | Brazilian real
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		30.4
Not designated as hedges | Singapore dollar
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		26.0
Not designated as hedges | Philippine peso
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts		25.2	26.2
Not designated as hedges | Other Currencies
Notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts
Notional amounts	[1]	$ 193.4	$ 137.0
[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
-Paragraph 1B
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5580258-113959

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5579245-113959

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