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Payments To Purchase Capped Calls

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Stock Option, Capped Calls, Initial Cap Price

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call Transactions - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) trading_day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) consecutive_trading_day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) consecutive_business_day $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued interest repaid							$ 2,000,000	$ 5,800,000
Stock option, capped calls, initial strike price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98
Stock option, capped calls, initial cap price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 30.16	$ 30.16	$ 30.16	$ 30.16	$ 30.16	$ 30.16
Class A Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000	$ 625,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	1.25%	1.25%	1.25%	1.25%	1.25%	1.25%
Proceeds from the issuance of debt	$ 75,000,000
Proceeds from convertible debt	$ 609,400,000
Debt instrument, convertible, shares issuable (in shares) \| shares			50.0475
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98	$ 19.98
Debt issuance costs, net	$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000
Note term (in months)								4 years 2 months 15 days
Payments to purchase capped calls								$ 73,400,000
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold trading days \| trading_day				20
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold consecutive trading days \| consecutive_trading_day					30
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage		100.00%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold percentage of stock price trigger		130.00%
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold trading days \| trading_day				20
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold consecutive trading days \| consecutive_trading_day					30
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold trading days					10	5
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold percent of conversion price triggering convertible feature		98.00%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt \| Class A Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Convertible Debt \| Class A Common Stock \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold percentage of stock price trigger		130.00%