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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details) |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Feb. 01, 2023 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares day | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Jan. 25, 2016 $ / shares
2023 Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coupon interest rate |  |  |  |  | 3.75% |  |
Debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000 |  |
Debt instrument, term |  |  |  |  | 7 years |  |
Reverse stock split conversion ratio |  |  |  |  | 0.05 |  |
Sale of stock (in usd per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 111.20
2023 Notes | Call Option |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Conversion premium percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 75.00%
Debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | $ 900,000 |  |
Payment for capped call transactions |  |  |  |  | $ 38,500,000 |  |
Debt cap price (in usd per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194.60
Unsecured Debt | 2027 Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate principal amount of notes issued |  |  | $ 175,250,000 | $ 175,250,000 |  | $ 0 |
Net proceeds received |  |  | $ 166,400,000 |  |  |  |
Coupon interest rate |  |  | 5.00% | 5.00% |  |  |
Convertible debt conversion rate | $ / shares |  |  | 0.08 |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion price (in usd per share) | $ / shares |  |  | $ 12.50 | $ 12.50 |  |  |
Conversion premium percentage |  |  | 25.00% | 25.00% |  |  |
Repurchase percentage of principal amount |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |
Debt issuance costs |  |  | $ 8,800,000 |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, term |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, effective percentage |  |  | 6.20% | 6.20% |  |  |
Number of shares issued for debt converted (in shares) | shares |  |  |  | 16,400,000 |  |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2027 Notes | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate principal amount of notes issued |  |  | $ 50,000,000 | $ 50,000,000 |  |  |
Threshold trading days | day |  |  | 20 |  |  |  |
Threshold consecutive trading days | day |  |  | 30 |  |  |  |
Redemption price, percentage |  |  | 130.00% |  |  |  |
Percentage of principal amount redeemed |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2027 Notes | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Threshold trading days | day |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |
Threshold consecutive trading days | day |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |
Threshold percentage of stock price |  |  | 98.00% |  |  |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2027 Notes, Make-Whole Fundamental Change | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Convertible debt conversion rate |  |  |  |  | 0.02 |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2023 Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate principal amount of notes issued |  |  | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 325,000,000 | $ 325,000,000 |
Net proceeds received |  |  |  |  | $ 315,000,000 |  |
Convertible debt conversion rate | $ / shares |  |  |  |  | 0.0073411 |  |
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion price (in usd per share) | $ / shares |  |  | $ 136.20 | $ 136.20 |  |  | $ 136.20
Conversion premium percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22.50%
Number of shares issued for debt converted (in shares) | shares |  |  |  | 16,400,000 | 2,385,800 |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2023 Notes | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of debt | $ 325,000,000 | $ 325,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Unsecured Debt | 2023 Notes | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Convertible debt conversion rate |  |  |  |  | 0.0089928 |  |

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