Who is the odd woman out?

In the previous posts about "odd man out", the focus is on a cell with a formula that is inconsistent with the neighboring cells' formulas. That is, the cell uses other cells (in its formula) differently from its neighboring cells.

In this post about "odd woman out", the focus is on a cell that is used differently from its neighbors.
For example, for a column of cells (A1:A10),
A1 appears in C1's formula,
A2 appears in C2's formula.
and so on until
A10 appears in C10's formula,
except for A4 which does not appear in C4's formula. A4 is the odd one out.

The terms "odd man out" and "odd woman out" have no gender meaning. They are used simply to differentiate the oddness.

How can we use Excel to identify the "odd woman out"?

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