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Chain array formulae

Is it possible to chain array formulae?

i.e.)

Assume a column of values such as "Max", "Michael", "Kyle", "Michael" starting in A1

Then a formula such as =UNIQUE(A1:A4) in A2 ("Max", "Michael", "Kyle")

Is there a way to put a second formula in A3 such as =LEN(A2) that will return an array {3, 7, 4} and spill to the below rows?

I want to create effectively an automatically-updating table that expands based on the output of UNIQUE, that keeps certain intermediate results between the initial array and the final column of calculated values.

I do not want to have to use something like MAP(UNIQUE(A1:A4), LAMBDA(x, LEN(x))) as many intermediate steps use long, complex formulae and the resulting lambdas and inputs would rapidly become very cumbersome and difficult to edit.