UPDJLJ87258 Orderby grouping understanding, C#

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//Rextester.Program.Main is the entry point for your code. Don't change it.
//Compiler version 4.0.30319.17929 for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework 4.5

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace Rextester
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var Author = new List<CommitteeMembers>();
            Author.Add(new CommitteeMembers(){MemberName = "Some Name 1 - Status 1", MemberId = 1, Status = 1 });            
            Author.Add(new CommitteeMembers(){MemberName = "Some Name 1 - Status 2", MemberId = 2, Status = 1 });
            Author.Add(new CommitteeMembers(){MemberName = "Some Name 2",            MemberId = 2, Status = 1 });
            Author.Add(new CommitteeMembers(){MemberName = "Some Name 3",            MemberId = 3, Status = 1 });
            //Your code goes here
            foreach(var item in Author){                
                Console.Write(item.MemberName + ", ");
            }
            
            var filteredAuthor = Author.OrderBy(x => x.Status).GroupBy(x => new { x.MemberId }).Select(x => x.FirstOrDefault()).Distinct();
            
            Console.WriteLine(string.Empty);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Empty);
            
            foreach(var faItem in filteredAuthor){                
                Console.WriteLine(faItem.MemberName);
            }
        }
    }
    
    public class CommitteeMembers
    {
        public long MemberId { get; set; }

public long CommitteeId { get; set; }
        
        public string MemberName { get; set; }

public string FirstName { get; set; }

public string LastName { get; set; }

public int Status { get; set; }
    }
}

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