We discuss circle map sequences and subshifts generated by them. We give a characterization of those sequences among them which are linearly recurrent. As an application we deduce zero-measure spectrum for a class of discrete onedimensional Schrödinger operators with potentials generated by circle maps.Our present study is motivated by the paper [35]. Consider discrete onedimensional Schrödinger operators (Hψ)(n) = ψ(n + 1) + ψ(n − 1) + V (n)ψ(n)( 1 ) in 2 (Z), where the potential V : Z → R is given byHere, λ = 0 is the coupling constant, α ∈ (0, 1) irrational is the rotation number, and β ∈ (0, 1) and θ ∈ [0, 1) are arbitrary numbers. These potentials are called circle map potentials in the mathematical physics community (cf. [23, 24, 25]) and codings of rotations by people working in combinatorics on words or symbolic dynamics. The operator (1) with potential (2) has been studied in many papers;