Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Available Borrowings Threshold

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Available Borrowings Threshold, Percent Of Lender Commitments

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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Triggering Event Threshold, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Redemption, Percentage of Notes

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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line Of Credit Facility, Springing Maturity Date, Conditions, Minimum Liquidity

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Line Of Credit Facility, Springing Maturity Date, Period Prior To Date On Which Domestic Pension Contributions In Excess Of Threshold Required To Be Paid

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Line Of Credit Facility, Springing Maturity Date, Threshold Contributions To Domestic Pension Funds Required To Be Paid

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Debt - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2020	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
2027 Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 485,000,000.0	$ 485,000,000.0
Interest rate (in percent)		6.875%
2027 Notes \| Senior Notes \| Prior to November 1, 2023 (in percent)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percent of principal amount of notes redeemed (in percent)	100.00%
Proportion of notes with option to redeem (in percent)	40.00%
Redemption price, proportion of principal amount (in percent)	106.875%
2027 Notes \| Senior Notes \| Change of Control (in percent)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, proportion of principal amount (in percent)	101.00%
Installment Payment Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 27,700,000
Interest rate (in percent)		7.00%
Amount reported in current maturities of long-term debt		$ 4,100,000	5,500,000
Software Licenses Financing Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 19,300,000
Interest rate (in percent)		5.47%
Amount reported in current maturities of long-term debt		$ 4,200,000	$ 4,000,000
Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 145,000,000
Accordion feature increase limit	$ 175,000,000
Borrowings outstanding		0
Availability under the facility, net of letters of credit issued		64,000,000
Springing maturity, period prior to any date on which domestic pension contributions in an amount in excess of threshold are required to be paid	91 days
Springing maturity, date on which pension contributions to pension funds in the United States are required to be paid, threshold excess amount	$ 100,000,000
Springing maturity, conditions, minimum liquidity	130,000,000
Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 40,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding		$ 6,600,000
Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Requirement to maintain minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (in percent)	10.00%
Requirement to maintain minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, availability threshold	$ 14,500,000
Amount of aggregate default under other debt that would trigger event of default	$ 50,000,000