Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective tax rate, expense (benefit)	23.00%	33.10%	25.80%	41.40%
Stock-based compensation, vested awards, net income tax benefit			$ (0.1)	$ 8.8
Tax adjustments				$ 6.0

Amount of net tax benefit (deficiency) from vesting of share-based payment awards.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to revisions of previously reported income tax expense (benefit).

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