Commitments (Schedule of Future Minimum Commitments) (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Operating Lease Obligations
Total operating lease obligations	$ 87,231
2023	26,035
2024	18,925
2025	13,837
2026	9,586
2027	7,204
Thereafter	11,644
Finance Lease Obligations
Total finance lease obligations	1,327
2023	468
2024	468
2025	391
Purchase Obligations
Total purchase obligations	1,047,479
2023	220,237
2024	219,697
2025	198,737
2026	148,512
2027	130,240
Thereafter	130,056
Contractual
Total contractual	1,136,037
2023	246,740
2024	239,090
2025	212,965
2026	158,098
2027	137,444
Thereafter	141,700
Future minimum sublease receivable	$ 1,086

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918701-209980

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