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Significant Accounting Policies - Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Significant Accounting Policies
Cash equivalents	$ 41.7	$ 86.2
Cash and cash equivalents maintained outside the United States (as a percent)	32.00%	31.00%

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- Definition

Amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of cash and cash equivalents maintained outside of the United States by subsidiaries.

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