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Earnings per Share - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			24 Months Ended	34 Months Ended
	May 02, 2024	Jul. 25, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 25, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 04, 2024 shares	Jul. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2019 USD ($)
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Options granted excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares) \| shares			400,000	1,000,000.0	500,000
Total purchase price of shares repurchased			$ 700,033	$ 398,865	$ 1,525,873
Stock split ratio, common stock	4
Forecast
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Additional shares received in stock split for each share held (in shares) \| shares								3
Share Buyback Program October 2019
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount											$ 1,000,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares) \| shares			0	0	1,590,000
Average price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0	$ 0	$ 365.41
Total purchase price of shares repurchased			$ 0	$ 0	$ 581,220
Share Buyback Program July 27 2021
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount										$ 1,500,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares) \| shares			856,000	550,000	2,150,000		3,600,000
Average price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 535.21	$ 396.69	$ 383.01		$ 421.77
Total purchase price of shares repurchased			$ 458,284	$ 218,288	$ 823,429		$ 1,500,000
Share Buyback Program July 26 2022
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Share buyback program, authorized amount									$ 1,000,000
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares) \| shares			85,000	0	0
Average price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 673.78	$ 0	$ 0
Total purchase price of shares repurchased			$ 57,104	$ 0	$ 0
Share Buyback Program July 26 2022 \| Subsequent Event
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items]
Stock purchased under share buyback (in shares) \| shares		700,000				800,000
Average price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 693.58				$ 691.40
Total purchase price of shares repurchased		$ 473,600				$ 530,700