Fair Value Measurements - Beginning and ending amounts of the fair value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jul. 04, 2023	Jun. 28, 2022
Fair Value Measurements
Payment	$ 13,000	$ 7,200
Level 3
Fair Value Measurements
Beginning balance	28,565	23,894
Payment	(12,994)	(7,187)
Change in fair value	1,548	1,057
Ending balance	$ 17,119	$ 17,764

Fair value portion of the amount of Acquisition-related contingent consideration and compensation liabilities .

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income from liability measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3).

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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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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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