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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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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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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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LEASES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 06, 2021 tranche	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 23, 2021	Nov. 16, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term		5 years
Written notice, option to cancel				12 months
Number of extension options \| tranche	2
Total undiscounted lease payments		$ 44,391
Operating lease liabilities		32,460
Obligations under current leases		3,336			$ 1,111
Operating lease liability, noncurrent		$ 29,124			$ 8,131
Operating lease, liability, current, statement of financial position, [extensible enumeration]		Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Obligation
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease liability, noncurrent		$ 29,124			$ 8,131
Accounts expenses and other liabilities
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Obligations under current leases		3,336
New Office Space
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract				162 months
Option to extend				5 years
Total undiscounted lease payments		24,261
Existing Office Space
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract			30 months
Total undiscounted lease payments		$ 7,772