Lessee, Operating Lease, Lease Not Yet Commenced, Number Of Contracts

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Number Of Leases

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977

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LEASES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
LEASES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) lease segment	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of embedded leases \| lease	2
Number of leases not yet commenced \| segment	1
Right-of-use assets, net	$ 72,082		$ 76,410
Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets, net		$ 400
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Term of contract	8 years 2 months 12 days