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Is there any ageism in academia?

Particularly for older PhD candidates, lets say mid to late 30's or 40's. If one wanted to pursue academia as a career, is age ever focused on during the hiring process?
gpt
A more common version of ageism that I've seen relates to the age of the terminal degree--namely where you need to have received it within the last 4-5 years to be viable (in some committees' eyes) as a candidate for an assistant prof. position.