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Significant Accounting Policies - Accounting for Share-Based Compensation (Details)	Dec. 31, 2020 item
Significant Accounting Policies
Number of awards with which entity has elected to treat awards with only service conditions and with graded vesting	1

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Number of awards with which entity has elected to treat awards with only service conditions and with graded vesting.

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