DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Qualifying Hedge Accounting Relationship (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Statement [Line Items]
Notional Amount		$ 900,000,000
Interest rate swap
Statement [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 2,750,000,000	$ 900,000,000
Interest rate swap \| January 2027 Notes \| Hedged Item
Statement [Line Items]
Company Receives	7.00%
Company Pays	2.581%
Notional Amount	$ 900,000,000
Interest rate swap \| March 2029 Notes \| Hedged Item
Statement [Line Items]
Company Receives	5.875%
Company Pays	2.023%
Notional Amount	$ 1,000,000,000
Interest rate swap \| July 2029 Notes \| Hedged Item
Statement [Line Items]
Company Receives	5.95%
Company Pays	1.643%
Notional Amount	$ 850,000,000

The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the interest rate derivative.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-1B

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (d)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-1A

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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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