The dependent clause may describe attributes of the entity that are relevant to a specific topic, such as "San Juan, epicenter of Hurricane Maria relief effort," or attributes that are generally relevant, such as "San Juan, Puerto Rico." From a collective perspective, prior work that examined the use of descriptor phrases in news media found that writers tend to drop such phrases as the entities gradually become more and more familiar (i.e., shared knowledge) among discussion participants over time<cite> (Staliūnaitė et al. 2018)</cite> .