| modernize military | 2.50 | Needs to modernize military. | ||
| modernize economy | 2.24 | The country was taking steps to modernize its economy. | ||
| modernize equipment | 1.58 | It spent millions to modernize election equipment and ensure fraud-free balloting. | ||
| modernize system | 1.32 | Our long-range answer, clearly, is modernizing the system. | ||
| modernize fleet | 1.12 | The company has even begun modernizing its fleet. | ||
| modernize army | 0.92 | President Yoweri Musevni has pledged to modernize the army. | ||
| modernize law | 0.86 | But the idea fell out of fashion until the law was modernized a decade ago. | ||
| modernize plant | 0.86 | He modernized the plant. | ||
| modernize force | 0.79 | And it would do nothing to address the question of how to modernize the force. | ||
| modernize country | 0.66 | He also pushed for modernizing his country. | ||
| modernize facility | 0.66 | This was an important step towards a national health service, though in practice few authorities did much to modernize their facilities. | ||
| modernize operation | 0.66 | The national police force also modernized its operations. | ||
| modernize agriculture | 0.59 | If, as many expect, Mexico invests heavily in modernizing agriculture, the figure could be much higher. | ||
| modernize industry | 0.59 | Much of EU contributions aimed at modernizing those industries was misspent. | ||
| modernize school | 0.53 | Included were increases for hiring teachers, modernizing schools and operating after-school centers. | ||
| modernize weapon | 0.53 | The increase will be used in part to improve the quality of life for the troops and to modernize weapons. | ||
| modernize arsenal | 0.46 | The steep budget cuts in recent years have left the Russian armed forces unable to modernize their arsenals. | ||
| modernize factory | 0.39 | They stubbornly resisted all attempts to modernize the factory. | ||
| modernize network | 0.39 | It has been expanding and modernizing that network ever since. | ||
| modernize production | 0.39 | Brongniart modernized production by refining the formula for porcelain. |