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Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Shares Excluded From Computation Of Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Total common stock equivalents (in shares)	23,724	12,989	26,603	8,828
Options to purchase common stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Total common stock equivalents (in shares)	0	865	515	977
PSUs and RSUs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Total common stock equivalents (in shares)	849	3,394	2,210	3,425
Shares related to convertible senior notes
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Total common stock equivalents (in shares)	22,875	8,721	23,876	4,422
Employee stock purchase plan
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Total common stock equivalents (in shares)	0	9	2	4

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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