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Amount of a favorable spread to a debt holder between the amount of debt being converted and the value of the securities received upon conversion. This is an embedded conversion feature of convertible debt issued that is in-the-money at the commitment date.

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

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Remaining amortization period for discount on the liability component of convertible debt which may be settled in cash upon conversion, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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

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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, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Financing Arrangements - Convertible Senior Notes (Details)		6 Months Ended
	May 04, 2020 USD ($) day $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 1,081,969,000	$ 665,289,000
Debt instrument, payment for capped call transactions	$ 31,775,000
Debt instrument, capped call transaction cap price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 27.10
Share price \| $ / shares		$ 31.11
Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, convertible, remaining discount amortization period		4 years 10 months 24 days
Debt instrument, convertible, beneficial conversion feature		$ 76,508,000
Convertible Senior Notes, Liability Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		188,663,000
Convertible Senior Notes, Equity Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, unamortized discount		$ 64,986,000
Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 258,750,000
Interest Rate	2.75%
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion ratio	0.0567698	56.7698
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 17.62
Senior Notes \| Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate		2.75%
Debt issuance costs, net		$ 8,527,000
Debt instrument, convertible, conversion price, percentage	130.00%
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold trading days \| day	20
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold consecutive trading days \| day	30
Debt instrument, convertible, consecutive trading day period	10 days
Debt instrument, convertible, percentage of closing price per share	98.00%
Debt instrument, redemption, consecutive trading day period prior to maturity \| day	40
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage	130.00%
Debt instrument, redemption, threshold trading days \| day	20
Debt instrument, redemption, threshold consecutive trading days \| day	30
Senior Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes, Liability Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net		6,005,000
Senior Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes, Equity Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net		$ 2,522,000