I agree, less than half can mean nearly anything less than half.

It's a bad choice of words for that reason alone, too open to interpretation.

Nearly half is more constricted and reasonably really close to half to interpret.

That must be one rock solid relationship.

So, mods at r/worldnews gave up moderating and became inundated with anime titties.

Then r/anime_titties became the new world news lol.