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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment Terms, Percent Of Principal

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Debt Instrument, Restrictive Covenant, Maximum Net Leverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature

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Line Of Credit Facility, Maximum Debt Allowed Under Covenants

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Proceeds From Long-Term Line Of Credit, Accordion Feature

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a set, unchanging rate.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)						1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2023	Aug. 26, 2022	Aug. 25, 2022	Jun. 28, 2022	Feb. 28, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Feb. 28, 2023	Feb. 28, 2022	Feb. 28, 2021
Long-term debt
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 18,200,000						$ 18,200,000
Maximum line of credit debt allowed under covenant	363,000,000						363,000,000
Interest costs incurred							46,200,000
Interest costs capitalized							5,500,000	$ 0	$ 0
Interest expense								12,800,000	$ 12,600,000
Credit agreement \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America
Long-term debt
Fixed rate debt	936,900,000				$ 799,500,000		936,900,000	799,500,000
Credit agreement \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Debt Instrument, Covenant Period Two
Long-term debt
Maximum net leverage ratio				4.00
Credit agreement \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Debt Instrument, Covenant Period Three
Long-term debt
Maximum net leverage ratio				3.75
Credit agreement \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Debt Instrument, Covenant Period Four
Long-term debt
Maximum net leverage ratio				3.50
Credit agreement \| Revolving loan \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America
Long-term debt
Unsecured total revolving commitment	1,250,000,000						1,250,000,000
Maximum allowable increase due to accordion feature							300,000,000
Proceeds from exercise of accordion feature				$ 250,000,000		$ 250,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity on line of credit	541,800,000						541,800,000
Fixed rate debt	$ 425,000,000				$ 125,000,000		$ 425,000,000	$ 125,000,000
Credit agreement \| SOFR \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America
Long-term debt
Percent of term loans made due quarterly				0.625%
Additional credit spread				0.10%
Credit agreement \| Minimum \| Base rate \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component One
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)				0.00%	0.00%
Credit agreement \| Minimum \| LIBOR \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)	1.00%
Credit agreement \| Minimum \| SOFR \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)				1.00%
Credit agreement \| Maximum \| Base rate \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component One
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)	1.00%			1.00%
Credit agreement \| Maximum \| LIBOR \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)	2.00%
Credit agreement \| Maximum \| SOFR \| Credit Agreement with Bank of America \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)				2.00%
Unsecured Debt \| MBFC loan
Long-term debt
Repayment of MBFC loan	$ 15,100,000
Unsecured Debt \| SOFR \| MBFC loan
Long-term debt
Additional credit spread		0.10%
Unsecured Debt \| Minimum \| Base rate \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component One
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)		0.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Minimum \| Base rate \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)			1.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Minimum \| LIBOR \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component One
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)			2.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Minimum \| SOFR \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)		1.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Maximum \| Base rate \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component One
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)		1.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Maximum \| SOFR \| MBFC loan \| Variable Rate Component Two
Long-term debt
Margin (as a percent)		2.00%