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Maximum shares purchased by employees.

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Maximum stock value of shares purchased by employees.

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Percentage of fair market value of share.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options exercise period following termination.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of additional cost recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement from occurrence of event accelerating recognition of cost.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 18, 2015
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		1,398,000	1,287,000
Stock compensation expense related to accelerated vesting	$ 600,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares available for issuance under plan (in shares)		250,000
Percentage of market value		85.00%
Percentage of employee's payroll deductions limited to employee's compensation		10.00%
Maximum stock value of shares purchased by employees		$ 25,000
Maximum number of shares that employee can purchase each period (in shares)		250
2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares available for issuance under plan (in shares)				9,625,000
Unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested awards granted		$ 7,400,000
2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		1,400,000
Number of shares available for future grants (in shares)		2,400,000
2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan \| Full Value Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award settled against shares (in shares)		1.2
2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan \| Partial Value Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award settled against shares (in shares)		1.0
2015 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock vesting period		4 years
Stock option expiration period		10 years
2015 Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock vesting period		48 months
Vested stock options exercised period following termination		90 days
2015 Plan \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock vesting period		12 months
2005 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested awards granted		$ 7,400,000