using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.Json;

var names = new[] {
    "Max", "Boris", 
    "Alex", "Tom"
};

//first method
var names1 = names
    .OrderBy(s => s);
//names1 is {Alex, Boris, Max, Tom} 

//second method
var names2 = 
    from s in names
    orderby s
    select s;
//names2 is {Alex, Boris, Max, Tom} 

Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(names1));
Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(names2));