Marketable Securities - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Security	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale debt securities remaining maturities greater than three years		$ 0	$ 0
Number of investment grade fixed income debt security \| Security		138
Non-marketable equity securities, carrying value	$ 400,000
Marketable securities, realized gain	$ 4,800,000

Available for sale debt securities remaining maturities greater than three years.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of equity securities which are non marketable.

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Number of investments in debt securities measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale), in unrealized loss position, without allowance for credit loss. Includes beneficial interest in securitized financial asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126970911&loc=d3e27290-111563

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124269663&loc=SL82922888-210455

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Amount of realized gain (loss) on investment in marketable security, including other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI).

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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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