Debt Covenant, Collateral Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Amount Of Unused Commitments From Two Thousand Twenty Two Revolving Credit Facility

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Unrestricted Cash And Cash Equivalents And Unused Commitments On All Revolving Credit Facilities

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Line Of Credit Facility, Optional Maximum Borrowing Capacity Subject To Consent Of Lenders

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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 of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Debt and Other Obligations - Revolving Credit Facility Due In 2024 (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument covenant, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and unused commitments on all revolving credit facilities	$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument covenant, maximum amount of unused commitments from 2020 credit facility	$ 200,000,000
Debt covenant, collateral coverage ratio	1.0
Revolving credit facility due in 2024 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 110,000,000	$ 240,000,000			$ 180,000,000
Line of credit facility, optional maximum borrowing capacity subject to consent of lenders	$ 350,000,000
Proceeds from lines of credit			$ 180,000,000
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity				$ 240,000,000
Debt term		2 years
Line of Credit \| Maximum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Line of Credit \| Maximum \| Certain Market Interest Rates
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Line of Credit \| Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%
Line of Credit \| Minimum \| Certain Market Interest Rates
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%