What reference formula keeps the cell data in the dependent cell even after
the precedent reference cell is sorted to a different place?

There is none. Formulas are not altered by a sort (in the R1C1 reference
system sense). So a formula that refers to the cell above it before a sort
will still do so after a sort.

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Jim
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What reference formula keeps the cell data in the dependent cell even
after
the precedent reference cell is sorted to a different place?