How do I declare an empty array of type 'List of Text String'

How do I declare an empty array of type 'List of Text String'

I want it to be an array with 0 elements. - but have the type signature of List of Text String so that when I use it in the contrains function it does not error out

currently contains({},"input") produces the error
"Expression evaluation error at function 'contains': Invalid types, can only act on data of the same type (Any Type, Text)"

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