>I may be misunderstanding.
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>If you're doing it manually, you just select a range and paste with one operation. If you're looking to anchor the original value in all cases, paste into the first, change the related cells to something like $A$1 to lock it, then copy that one, select the range, and paste from that one.

I have cell A55 which contains a label. I need that label to be used dynamically in cells E5, K5, and Q5. In cell E5, I have entered =A55. That works. Now, I need to copy that formula in K4 and Q5. However, a copy/paste changes the formula. Then, I tried all kinds of paste. None was able to copy the formula in those two cells.