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Derivative, Forward-starting Effective Date

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Incremental interest benefit arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements

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Incremental interest expense arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements.

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Required Threshold For Dividend Declarations As Those Terms Defined In The Credit Facility and The Term Facility

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Required Threshold For Share Repurchases As Those Terms Defined In The Credit Facility and The Term Facility

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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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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Date derivative contract ends, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Debt - Interest Rate Swaps (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 09, 2020	Feb. 05, 2020	Jul. 25, 2019	May 07, 2019
Derivative
Incremental interest benefit arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements		$ (12,200)	$ (800)
Incremental interest expense arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements				$ 4,300
Average total leverage ratio, dividend declarations		325.00%
Maximum average total leverage ratio, share repurchases		325.00%
Forward-starting Interest Rate Swap 1 [Member]
Derivative
Derivative, Forward-starting interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate					0.763%
Derivative, Notional Amount					$ 150,000
Derivative effective date		Feb. 28, 2025
Derivative, Maturity Date		Feb. 26, 2027
Interest Rate Swap 1
Derivative
Derivative, Forward-starting interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate						1.326%
Derivative, Notional Amount						$ 150,000
Derivative, Maturity Date		Feb. 28, 2025
Derivative effective date		Feb. 26, 2021
Interest Rate Swap 2
Derivative
Derivative, Forward-starting interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate					0.669%
Derivative, Notional Amount					$ 150,000
Derivative, Maturity Date		Feb. 26, 2027
Derivative effective date		Sep. 29, 2022
Former Interest Rate Swap 1
Derivative
Derivative, Forward-starting interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate								2.0925%
Derivative, Notional Amount								$ 75,000
Derivative, Maturity Date	Sep. 29, 2022
Derivative effective date	Nov. 20, 2020
Former Interest Rate Swap 2
Derivative
Derivative, Forward-starting interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate							1.55%
Derivative, Notional Amount							$ 75,000
Derivative, Maturity Date	Sep. 29, 2022
Derivative effective date	Nov. 20, 2020