LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Shell's adjusted earnings, its definition of net profit, reached $6.92 billion in the first quarter, it said on Thursday, compared with an average estimate of $6.36 billion in a poll of analysts provided by the oil company, and with $5.58 billion a year earlier. (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Stephanie Kelly; Editing by Louise Heavens)
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