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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126973232&loc=d3e21475-112644

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Earnings (Loss) per Common Share - Anti-Dilutive Securities Excluded From Calculation of Diluted EPS (Details) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
PSP1 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Warrants, number of warrant shares of common stock (in shares)	14,000		14,000
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 12.51		$ 12.51
Treasury Loan Warrant
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Warrants, number of warrant shares of common stock (in shares)	4,400		4,400
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 12.51		$ 12.51
PSP2 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Warrants, number of warrant shares of common stock (in shares)	6,600		6,600
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 15.66		$ 15.66
PSP3 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Warrants, number of warrant shares of common stock (in shares)	4,400		4,400
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 21.75		$ 21.75
6.50% convertible senior notes
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	0	61,728	61,728	61,728
Restricted stock unit awards
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	4,521	1,182	4,965	3,191
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights \| PSP1 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	0	0	3,610	5,632
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights \| Treasury Loan Warrant
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	0	0	1,127	1,755
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights \| PSP2 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	0	0	456	1,242
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights \| PSP3 Warrants
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares)	0	0	0	34