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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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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.

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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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INDEBTEDNESS - Net Carrying Amount of Convertible Notes (Details) - Convertible Debt - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Nov. 13, 2020	Mar. 05, 2020	May 25, 2018	Mar. 06, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	$ 3,017,198	$ 3,021,045
Unamortized debt discount		(405,163)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(32,309)	(28,958)
Net carrying value	2,984,889	2,586,924
2027 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	575,000	575,000
Unamortized debt discount		(109,134)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(8,790)	(7,370)
Net carrying value	566,210	458,496
2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	575,000	575,000
Unamortized debt discount		(85,085)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(8,652)	(7,711)
Net carrying value	566,348	482,204
2025 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	1,000,000	1,000,000
Unamortized debt discount		(130,335)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(11,918)	(11,333)	$ (15,400)	$ (12,800)
Net carrying value	988,082	858,332
2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	862,500	862,500
Unamortized debt discount		(79,980)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(2,925)	(2,474)			$ (5,600)
Net carrying value	859,575	780,046
2022 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding	4,698	8,545
Unamortized debt discount		(629)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(24)	(70)				$ (9,400)
Net carrying value	$ 4,674	$ 7,846