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DMax

✅ How to return List from RestClient?

Hi, I am making rest client for my application using RestSharp (like their twitter client in guide https://restsharp.dev/usage.html#api-client).
Everywhere in code I have something like 
public record Entity1(string SomeCoolString);

public record GetSomethingResponse 
{
  [JsonPropertyName("inconsistent_name_within_whole_api")]
  public int Id { get; set; }

  [JsonPropertyName("Cool_Entities")]
  public List<Entity1> CoolEntities { get; set; }
}

public async Task<GetSomethingResponse> GetSomething()
{
  var request = new RestRequest("endpoint");
  var response = await _client.ExecuteAsync<GetSomethingResponse>(request);
  return response.Data;
}
But one endpoint returns just an array of entities and I don't like how Task<List<CoolerEntity2>> looks
In TypeScript I could make alias type GetEntities = CoolerEntity2[] and use it. Is there something similar in C#?
Also, should I use ICollection instead of 
List
?

P.S. Models (or DTO?) and client code are in separated files
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