Share-Based Payments - Market Stock Units Activity (Details) - Market Stock Units (MSUs) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 increment	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Number of equal annual increments \| increment	3
Percentage of earnings of the target number of units granted based on actual stock performance	0.00%
Percentage of earnings of the target number of units granted based on actual stock performance	200.00%
Total fair value of vested awards \| $		$ 6.3	$ 20.7

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Minimum target number of market stock units granted based on stock performance in percent.

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Number of equal annual increments.

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2

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