Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Exercise price	$ 54.40				$ 54.40
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	$ 2,268		$ 2,179		$ 4,516	$ 2,973
Accrued cash dividends	1,500	$ 1,342	1,250	$ 458	2,842	1,708
Accretion - increasing dividend rates	$ 768	$ 906	$ 929	$ 336	$ 1,674	$ 1,265

Accretion of temporary equity during the period due to the effect of increasing dividend rates.

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- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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- Definition

Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.19)
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- Definition

Accretion of temporary equity during the period due to cash, stock, and in-kind dividends. This item is an adjustment to net income necessary to derive net income apportioned to common stockholders and is to be distinguished from Temporary Equity, Accretion of Dividends (Temporary Equity, Accretion of Dividends).

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- Definition

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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