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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount (premium).

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as current.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, including portion classified as current.

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Debt (Carrying Value of Debt) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance lease, liability	$ 249,400,000
Long-term debt, gross and lease obligation	9,678,300,000		$ 9,054,600,000
Adjustments	(123,900,000)		(120,400,000)
Total long term debt maturities	9,678,300,000
Total Debt	9,554,400,000		8,934,200,000
Less: current portion	(8,200,000)		(168,100,000)
Long-term portion	9,546,200,000		8,766,100,000
Credit facilities: Uncommitted facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	135,000,000
Principal	0		0
Adjustments	0		0
Total long term debt maturities	0		0
Credit facilities: June 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	0		186,000,000.0
Adjustments	0		0
Total long term debt maturities	0		186,000,000.0
Credit facilities: June 2023 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,250,000,000
Senior notes: May 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	4.75%
Principal	$ 300,000,000.0		300,000,000.0
Adjustments	(100,000)		4,800,000
Total long term debt maturities	$ 299,900,000		304,800,000
Senior notes: August 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.50%				2.50%
Principal	$ 900,000,000.0		900,000,000.0
Adjustments	(4,800,000)		(6,600,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 895,200,000		893,400,000
Senior notes: March 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.20%
Principal	$ 500,000,000.0		500,000,000.0
Adjustments	(2,200,000)		(3,000,000.0)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 497,800,000		497,000,000.0
Senior notes: November 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	0.875%
Principal	$ 350,000,000.0		350,000,000.0
Adjustments	(2,600,000)		(3,300,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 347,400,000		346,700,000
Senior Notes $500.0 million 2.900% Due July 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.90%
Principal	$ 500,000,000.0		500,000,000.0
Adjustments	(2,800,000)		(3,300,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 497,200,000		496,700,000
Senior Notes $650.0 Million 3.375% Due November 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.375%
Principal	$ 650,000,000.0		650,000,000.0
Adjustments	(3,800,000)		(4,500,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 646,200,000		645,500,000
Senior notes: May 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.95%
Principal	$ 800,000,000.0		800,000,000.0
Adjustments	(12,400,000)		(14,200,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 787,600,000		785,800,000
Senior notes: March 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.30%			2.30%
Principal	$ 600,000,000.0		600,000,000.0
Adjustments	(5,900,000)		(6,500,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 594,100,000		593,500,000
Senior notes: February 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	1.45%
Principal	$ 650,000,000.0		650,000,000.0
Adjustments	(7,900,000)		(8,600,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 642,100,000		641,400,000
Senior notes: February 2032
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	1.75%
Principal	$ 750,000,000.0		750,000,000.0
Adjustments	(6,600,000)		(7,100,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 743,400,000		742,900,000
Senior Notes 2.375% Due March 2033
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.375%
Principal	$ 700,000,000.0		0
Adjustments	(7,600,000)		0
Total long term debt maturities	$ 692,400,000		0
Senior notes: March 2035
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	6.086%
Principal	$ 181,900,000		181,900,000
Adjustments	(12,800,000)		(13,400,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 169,100,000		168,500,000
Senior notes: March 2040
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	6.20%
Principal	$ 399,900,000		399,900,000
Adjustments	(3,600,000)		(3,600,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 396,300,000		396,300,000
Senior notes: May 2041
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.70%
Principal	$ 385,700,000		385,700,000
Adjustments	(5,000,000.0)		(5,100,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 380,700,000		380,600,000
Senior notes: March 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.05%
Principal	$ 400,000,000.0		400,000,000.0
Adjustments	(7,100,000)		(7,300,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 392,900,000		392,700,000
Debentures: May 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	9.25%	9.25%
Principal	$ 0	$ 35,300,000	35,300,000
Adjustments	0		(100,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 0		35,200,000
Debentures: September 2035
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	7.40%
Principal	$ 148,000,000.0		148,100,000
Adjustments	(31,100,000)		(32,100,000)
Total long term debt maturities	116,900,000		116,000,000.0
Tax-exempt: 2023 - 2051
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	1,189,100,000		1,111,200,000
Adjustments	(7,600,000)		(6,500,000)
Total long term debt maturities	$ 1,181,500,000		1,104,700,000
Tax-exempt: 2023 - 2051 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	15.00%
Tax-exempt: 2023 - 2051 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	30.00%
Line Of Credit Due August 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 24,300,000		0
Adjustments	0		0
Total long term debt maturities	24,300,000		0
Line Of Credit Due August 2026 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	3,000,000,000
Finance Leases
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance lease, liability	$ 249,400,000		$ 206,500,000
Finance Leases \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	80.60%
Finance Leases \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	975.00%