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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Pension Benefit Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) [Line Items]
Cash contributions	$ 1.9
Annual Benefits Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) [Line Items]
Cash contributions	0.5
Other Pension Plan [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) [Line Items]
Cash contributions	$ 0.9

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Amount of cash outflow for pension and other postretirement benefits. Includes, but is not limited to, employer contribution to fund plan asset and payment to retiree.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
-Subparagraph (g)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 230
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-25

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