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Stock-based Compensation - Compensation Expense Associated with Performance Units (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense |  | $ 750,000 |
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Twenty Two [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense | $ 2,686 |  |
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Twenty One [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense | 2,408 | 1,806 |
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Twenty [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense | 275 | 275 | $ 206
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Nineteen [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense | $ 830 | 3,319 | 3,319
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Eighteen [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense |  | $ 667 | 2,668
Performance Shares [Member] | Year Twenty Seventeen [Member] |  |  |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |
Compensation expense |  |  | $ 642

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