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Revenues - Deferred Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | May 31, 2022 | May 31, 2021
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | $ 172.8 | $ 99.1
Book fairs incentive credits |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 100.1 | 59.9
Magazines+ subscriptions |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 4.5 | 4.6
U.S. digital subscriptions |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 19.5 | 11.9
U.S. education related |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 13.6 | 6.2
Media-related |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 15.8 | 2.5
Stored value cards |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | 9.4 | 2.9
Other |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |
Total deferred revenue | $ 9.9 | $ 11.1

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