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Restructuring And Related Cost, Number Of Facilities Closed

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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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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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 01, 2020 USD ($) location	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease renewal term		1 year
Number of facilities closed \| location	2
Asset impairment charges		$ 54,072	$ 1,728
ROU Assets
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	$ 1,627
Leasehold Improvements
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	$ 1,953
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term		1 year
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term		16 years