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LEASES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Components of Lease Expense Table | The components of lease expense were as follows:
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Lease Cost |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 36,664 |  |  | $ | 37,733 |
Variable lease cost |  | 7,808 |  |  | $ | 7,029 |
Short-term lease cost |  | — |  |  | $ | 182 |
Total lease cost |  | $ | 44,472 |  |  | $ | 44,944 |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30,
Lease Cost |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 12,351 |  |  | $ | 12,682 |
Variable lease cost |  | 2,610 |  |  | 2,478 |
Short-term lease cost |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Total lease cost |  | $ | 14,961 |  |  | $ | 15,165 |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information | Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Description |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases |  | $ | 44,572 |  |  | $ | 38,991 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations |  |  |  |
Operating leases (1) |  | $ | 6,826 |  |  | $ | 304,650 |
(1)ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations in 2019 include transition liabilities upon implementation of the amended leasing guidance, as well as new leases entered into during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Aggregate Maturities of Lease Liabilities |

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